ingenuidade

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ingenuitas, ingenuitatem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ʒe.nujˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.ʒe.nuɪ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ʒe.nujˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.ʒe.nuɪ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ʒe.nujˈda.de/ [ĩ.ʒe.nuɪ̯ˈda.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ʒɨ.nujˈda.dɨ/ [ĩ.ʒɨ.nujˈða.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: in‧ge‧nu‧i‧da‧de

Noun

ingenuidade f (plural ingenuidades)

1. ingenuousness
2. naivety
3. gullibility
4. candour

Usage notes

• ingenuidade is a false friend and does not mean ingenuity, which is engenhosidade in Portuguese.

Further reading

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