concepto

Latin

Participle

conceptō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conceptus

References

• “concepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “concepto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptus. Compare the inherited doublet conceto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈθebto/ [kõn̟ˈθeβ̞.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konˈsebto/ [kõnˈseβ̞.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ebto
• Syllabification: con‧cep‧to

Noun

concepto m (plural conceptos)

1. concept
2. (literature) conceit

Derived terms

• autoconcepto
• bajo ningún concepto
• en concepto de

Related terms

• concebir
• concepción

Further reading

• “concepto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025