cândido

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candidus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒi.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒi.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.di.du/ [ˈkɐ̃.di.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: cân‧di‧do

Adjective

cândido (feminine cândida, masculine plural cândidos, feminine plural cândidas)

  1. candid, white
  2. (figuratively) innocent, naive

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cândido” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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