ignaro

English

Noun

ignaro (plural ignaros or ignaroes)

1. (obsolete) An ignorant person.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And foster father of the Gyaunt dead ; His name Ignaro did his nature right aread

Anagrams

• Gainor, Girona, agrion, oaring, onagri, origan

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ignārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲa.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: i‧gnà‧ro

Adjective

ignaro (feminine ignara, masculine plural ignari, feminine plural ignare)

1. unaware, ignorant, unacquainted

   Synonyms: inconsapevole, inconscio

Anagrams

• Ingrao, Rigano, Riganò, argino, arginò, aringo, girano, gorani, ignora, ongari, organi, ragion, rigano

Latin

Adjective

ignārō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ignārus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ignārus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ɡiˈna.ɾu/, /iɡˈna.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ɡiˈna.ɾu/, /iɡˈna.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iɡˈna.ɾo/, /i.ɡiˈna.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡna.ɾu/ [iˈɣna.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: ig‧na‧ro

Adjective

ignaro (feminine ignara, masculine plural ignaros, feminine plural ignaras)

1. uninformed, ignorant
2. stupid, dumb, idiotic

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Further reading

• “ignaro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ignārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡˈnaɾo/ [iɣ̞ˈna.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ig‧na‧ro

Adjective

ignaro (feminine ignara, masculine plural ignaros, feminine plural ignaras)

1. uninformed, ignorant

   Synonyms: ignorante, inculto

Further reading

• “ignaro”, 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