inato

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin innātus.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -atu

Adjective

inato (feminine inata, masculine plural inatos, feminine plural inatas)

  1. innate; inborn (present since birth)
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A escolha de Gastão [Gastão’s choice]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 116:
      Achava-o superior, correcto, distincto, de uma aristrocracia innata que a encantava.
      She found him superior, upstanding, distiguished, of an innate aristocracy that enchanted her.

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