entenado

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish antenado, entenado, borrowed from Late Latin antenātus (“stepson”), from Latin ante nātus (“before birth”); compare Galician enteado, Mirandese antenado, and Portuguese enteado. Doublet of alnado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enteˈnado/ [ẽn̪.t̪eˈna.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: en‧te‧na‧do

Noun

entenado m (plural entenados, feminine entenada, feminine plural entenadas)

  1. stepchild, stepson
    Synonyms: alnado (archaic), hijastro
  2. (Nicaragua) an illegitimate stepson; a girlfriend’s child sired by a previous boyfriend

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