contento

contento (plural contentos)

1. content, contents (that which something contains)

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

From Latin contentus, perfect passive participle of contineō (“I contain”).

contento (feminine singular contenta, masculine plural contenti, feminine plural contente)

1. satisfied, pleased

   Synonyms: appagato, pago (literary), 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

• cornuto contento

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (obsolete) That which is contained; content

   Synonym: contenuto

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, 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,

Back-formation from contentare (“to satisfy”).

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (literary) satisfaction, happiness

   Synonyms: contentezza, soddisfazione

   Antonyms: insoddisfazione, scontento

• contentino

From Latin contemptus (“scorn, contempt”).

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (obsolete) scorn, contempt

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

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

contento

1. first-person singular present indicative of contentare

• connetto

contentō

1. dative masculine singular of contentus
2. dative neuter singular of contentus
3. ablative masculine singular of contentus
4. ablative neuter singular of contentus

contento m (feminine singular contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas, comparable)

1. Archaic form of contente.

Borrowed from Latin contentus.[1]

• IPA^(key): /konˈtento/, [kõn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]

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

1. content, happy.
2. satisfied, pleased.

• descontento
• contentar

contento

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of contentar.