argento

argento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argentar

• IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: ar‧gèn‧to

From Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”). See also the obsolete variant form ariento, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *aregentum; cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese and Old Spanish arento, Spanish arienzo.

• ariento (obsolete)

argento m (plural argenti)

1. (chemistry) silver
2. (heraldry) argent

• argento vivo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

argento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argentare

• antergo, antergò, regnato, rogante, tangerò, targone, tergano

argentō

1. dative/ablative singular of argentum

• ariento

From Latin argentum.

argento m

1. money^[1]

• Asturian: arxén, arxentu

argento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argentar

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈxento/ [aɾˈxẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ar‧gen‧to

Borrowed from Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”). Old Spanish and Old Portuguese had inherited descendants of the word in arento, possibly from a Vulgar Latin variant *arentum, perhaps influenced by Celtic; cf. also obsolete Italian ariento, which may have come from an Oscan-influenced form.^[1] See also Spanish arienzo, inherited from a related root.

argento m (uncountable)

1. (poetic) silver

   Synonym: plata

argento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argentar

• “argento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025