Polyglot Dictionary

ingenuidade

/ĩʒenuiˈdadʒi/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. gullibility, naivety

    • Sua ingenuidade o fez acreditar em qualquer mentira.

      His gullibility made him believe any lie.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Qualidade de ser ingênuo ou facilmente enganado; registro mais formal/abstrato do que "ingênuo".

Practice

1 What does ingenuidade mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sua ___ o fez acreditar em qualquer mentira.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ingenuidade?

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