contento

See also: Contento, contentó, and contentò

Asturian

Adjective

contento

1. neuter of contentu

Galician

Alternative forms

• contente

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin contentus. Cognate with Portuguese contente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konˈtentʊ]

Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)

1. content, happy

   Synonym: ledo

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

2. satisfied, glad, pleased

   Synonym: satisfeito

3. (figurative) tipsy

   Synonyms: alegre, peneque

Noun

contento m (plural contentos)

1. satisfaction

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “contento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “content”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “contento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “contento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “contento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Noun

contento (plural contentos)

1. content, contents (that which something contains)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin contentus, perfect passive participle of contineō (“to contain”), whence Italian contenere.

Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contenti, feminine plural contente, superlative contentissimo)

1. satisfied, pleased

   Synonyms: appagato, (literary) pago, soddisfatto

   Antonyms: deluso, dispiaciuto, inappagato, insoddisfatto, scontento

2. content, happy

   Synonyms: allegro, felice, giocondo, gioioso, ilare, lieto

   Antonyms: abbattuto, afflitto, infelice, malinconico, mesto, scontento, triste

Derived terms

• contentamente
• cornuto contento

Noun

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (obsolete) that which is contained; content

   Synonym: contenuto

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto II, lines 76–78:

     ‘O donna di virtù sola per cui ¶ l'umana spezie eccede ogni contento ¶ di quel ciel c'ha minor li cerchi sui […] ’

     O Lady of virtue, thou alone through whom the human race exceedeth all contained within the heaven that has the lesser circles,

Etymology 2

Deverbal from contentare (“to satisfy”) +‎ -o.

Noun

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (literary) satisfaction, happiness

   Synonyms: contentezza, soddisfazione

   Antonyms: insoddisfazione, scontento

Derived terms

• contentino

Etymology 3

From Latin contemptus (“scorn, contempt”).

Noun

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (obsolete) scorn, contempt

   Synonyms: biasimo, disdegno, (literary) dispetto, (literary) dispregio, disprezzo, disistima, esecrazione, (literary) spregio, (literary) sprezzo

   Antonyms: apprezzamento, considerazione, (literary) pregio, stima

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contento

1. first-person singular present indicative of contentare

Anagrams

• connetto

Latin

Participle

contentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contentus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõˈtẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: con‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)

1. Archaic form of contente.

Etymology 2

Verb

contento

1. first-person singular present indicative of contentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtento/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: con‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contentus.^[1]

Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)

1. content
2. happy, glad

   Synonyms: feliz, alegre

3. pleased, chuffed (British)
4. satisfied

   Synonym: satisfecho

Derived terms

• contentura
• más contento que unas castañuelas

Related terms

• contentar
• descontento

Noun

contento m (plural contentos)

1. contentment; gladness

   Synonyms: alegría, contentura

Etymology 2

Verb

contento

1. first-person singular present indicative of contentar

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “contento”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “contento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10