detento

See also: detentó

Latin

Participle

dētentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dētentus

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈtẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈtẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈtẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈtẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: de‧ten‧to

Noun

detento m (plural detentos, feminine detenta, feminine plural detentas)

1. detainee (someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement)

Related terms

• deter
• detentor
• detido

Further reading

• “detento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “detento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

detento

1. first-person singular present indicative of detentar