cándido
See also: candido, Candido, candidò, cândido, and Cándido
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin candĭdus; compare English candid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkandido/ [ˈkãn̪.d̪i.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -andido
- Syllabification: cán‧di‧do
Adjective
cándido (feminine cándida, masculine plural cándidos, feminine plural cándidas)
- straightforward
- naive
Usage notes
- Cándido is a false friend, and does not mean “candid” in the sense of "honestly frank". The word for “candid” in Spanish would be franco or sincero.
Further reading
- “cándido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014