insensato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnsēnsātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.senˈsa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: in‧sen‧sà‧to

Adjective

insensato (feminine insensata, masculine plural insensati, feminine plural insensate)

1. senseless, crazy, foolish, insensate, handwavy

   Synonyms: folle, senso, senza

   Antonym: sensato

Derived terms

• insensatamente
• insensatezza

 

Noun

insensato m (plural insensati, feminine insensata)

1. senseless person, fool

Further reading

• insensato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• antisenso, assentino, intessano, intonasse

Latin

Adjective

īnsēnsātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsēnsātus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsēnsātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽˈsa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: in‧sen‧sa‧to

Adjective

insensato (feminine insensata, masculine plural insensatos, feminine plural insensatas)

1. (of a person or act) senseless; unwise; insensate

   Synonyms: irrefletido, imprudente

   Antonym: sensato

Derived terms

• insensatamente
• insensatez

 

Noun

insensato m (plural insensatos, feminine insensata, feminine plural insensatas)

1. an unwise person

Related terms

• senso
• sentido
• sentir
• siso

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsēnsātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insenˈsato/ [ĩn.sẽnˈsa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: in‧sen‧sa‧to

Adjective

insensato (feminine insensata, masculine plural insensatos, feminine plural insensatas)

1. senseless, insensate

   Antonym: sensato

2. crazy, foolish

   Synonyms: tonto, loco

Derived terms

• insensatez

 

Further reading

• “insensato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28