diletante
Portuguese
Etymology
From Italian dilettante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.leˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.leˈtɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.lɨˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: di‧le‧tan‧te
Noun
diletante m or f by sense (plural diletantes)
- dilettante (someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest)
- Synonym: amador
Further reading
- “diletante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “diletante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian dilettante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dileˈtante/ [d̪i.leˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: di‧le‧tan‧te
Noun
diletante m or f by sense (plural diletantes)
Derived terms
Adjective
diletante m or f (masculine and feminine plural diletantes)
Further reading
- “diletante”, 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