instinto

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnstīnctus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈt͡ʃĩ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃˈtĩ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Hyphenation: ins‧tin‧to

Noun

instinto m (plural instintos)

1. instinct (a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)

Derived terms

• instintivo
• instinto maternal

Further reading

• “instinto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “instinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “instinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “instinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “instinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “instinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnstīnctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insˈtinto/ [ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: ins‧tin‧to

Noun

instinto m (plural instintos)

1. instinct
2. gut, gut feeling

   Tienes que confiar en tu instinto. ― You have to trust your gut.

Derived terms

• instintivo
• por instinto

Further reading

• “instinto”, 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