honesto
Latin
Etymology
From honestus (“honorable, respectable”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hoˈnes.toː/, [hɔˈnɛs̠t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈnes.to/, [oˈnɛst̪o]
Verb
honestō (present infinitive honestāre, perfect active honestāvī, supine honestātum); first conjugation
- I honor, dignify, clothe with honor.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of honestō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | honestō | honestās | honestat | honestāmus | honestātis | honestant |
| imperfect | honestābam | honestābās | honestābat | honestābāmus | honestābātis | honestābant | |
| future | honestābō | honestābis | honestābit | honestābimus | honestābitis | honestābunt | |
| perfect | honestāvī | honestāvistī | honestāvit | honestāvimus | honestāvistis | honestāvērunt, honestāvēre | |
| pluperfect | honestāveram | honestāverās | honestāverat | honestāverāmus | honestāverātis | honestāverant | |
| future perfect | honestāverō | honestāveris | honestāverit | honestāverimus | honestāveritis | honestāverint | |
| passive | present | honestor | honestāris, honestāre | honestātur | honestāmur | honestāminī | honestantur |
| imperfect | honestābar | honestābāris, honestābāre | honestābātur | honestābāmur | honestābāminī | honestābantur | |
| future | honestābor | honestāberis, honestābere | honestābitur | honestābimur | honestābiminī | honestābuntur | |
| perfect | honestātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | honestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | honestātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | honestem | honestēs | honestet | honestēmus | honestētis | honestent |
| imperfect | honestārem | honestārēs | honestāret | honestārēmus | honestārētis | honestārent | |
| perfect | honestāverim | honestāverīs | honestāverit | honestāverīmus | honestāverītis | honestāverint | |
| pluperfect | honestāvissem | honestāvissēs | honestāvisset | honestāvissēmus | honestāvissētis | honestāvissent | |
| passive | present | honester | honestēris, honestēre | honestētur | honestēmur | honestēminī | honestentur |
| imperfect | honestārer | honestārēris, honestārēre | honestārētur | honestārēmur | honestārēminī | honestārentur | |
| perfect | honestātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | honestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | honestā | — | — | honestāte | — |
| future | — | honestātō | honestātō | — | honestātōte | honestantō | |
| passive | present | — | honestāre | — | — | honestāminī | — |
| future | — | honestātor | honestātor | — | — | honestantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | honestāre | honestāvisse | honestātūrum esse | honestārī | honestātum esse | honestātum īrī | |
| participles | honestāns | — | honestātūrus | — | honestātus | honestandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| honestandī | honestandō | honestandum | honestandō | honestātum | honestātū | ||
Synonyms
- (honor): honōrō
References
- “honesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “honesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- honesto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
- (ambiguous) to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
- (ambiguous) of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese onesto, from Latin honestus, from honor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈnɛs.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oˈnɛʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈnɛs.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈnɛʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: ho‧nes‧to
Adjective
honesto (feminine honesta, masculine plural honestos, feminine plural honestas, comparable, comparative maishonesto, superlative o maishonesto or honestíssimo)
- honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)
Derived terms
- honestamente
Further reading
- “honesto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin honestus, an adjective based on honor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈnesto/ [oˈnes.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -esto
- Syllabification: ho‧nes‧to
Adjective
honesto (feminine honesta, masculine plural honestos, feminine plural honestas)
- honest
- Synonym: sincero
- honorable
- Synonym: honrado
Derived terms
- honestamente
Related terms
- honestidad
Verb
honesto
- first-person singular present indicative of honestar
Further reading
- “honesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014