cándido

See also: candido, Candido, candidò, cândido, and Cándido

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candĭdus; compare English candid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkandido/ [ˈkãn̪.d̪i.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -andido
• Syllabification: cán‧di‧do

Adjective

cándido (feminine cándida, masculine plural cándidos, feminine plural cándidas)

1. straightforward

   Synonyms: franco, sencillo

2. naive

   Synonym: ingenuo

Usage notes

• Cándido is a false friend, and does not mean “candid” in the sense of "honestly frank". The word for “candid” in Spanish would be franco or sincero.

Further reading

• “cándido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024