celibato

celibato

1. neuter of celibatu

From Latin caelibatus.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.liˈba.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ce‧li‧bà‧to

celibato m (plural celibati)

1. celibacy, bachelorhood

• addio al celibato

• celibe

Borrowed from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), perfect passive participle of caelibāre, from caelebs (“unmarried”).

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ce‧li‧ba‧to

celibato m (plural celibatos)

1. celibacy (state of being unmarried)
2. celibacy (abstaining from sexual relations)

celibato (feminine celibata, masculine plural celibatos, feminine plural celibatas)

1. celibate; unmarried

   Synonym: solteiro

2. celibate (abstaining from sexual relations)

From Latin caelibatus.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeliˈbato/ [θe.liˈβ̞a.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seliˈbato/ [se.liˈβ̞a.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ce‧li‧ba‧to

celibato (feminine celibata, masculine plural celibatos, feminine plural celibatas)

1. celibate

• “celibato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014