sincero

See also: sinceró and sincerò

Galician

Etymology

From Latin sincerus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sinˈθɛɾo/ [s̺in̪ˈθɛ.ɾʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sinˈθɛɾo/ [s̺in̪ˈθɛ.ɾʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sinˈsɛɾo/ [sinˈsɛ.ɾʊ]

• Rhymes: -ɛɾo
• Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro

Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)

1. meaning what one says or does; truthful; sincere

   Antonym: insincero

Further reading

• “sincero”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈt͡ʃɛ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛro
• Hyphenation: sin‧cè‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin sincērus (“pure, genuine”).

Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceri, feminine plural sincere)

1. (obsolete) sound, genuine
2. sincere, honest

Related terms

• sinceramente
• sincerare
• sincerità

Etymology 2

Verb

sincero

1. first-person singular present indicative of sincerare

Anagrams

• Scirone, censirò, censori, cinsero, incorse, necrosi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sinˈkeː.roː/, [s̠ɪŋˈkeːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sinˈt͡ʃe.ro/, [sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːro]

Etymology 1

From sincērus +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

sincērō (present infinitive sincērāre, perfect active sincērāvī, supine sincērātum); first conjugation

2. to clean, to purify

Conjugation

Conjugation of sincērō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sincērō	sincērās	sincērat	sincērāmus	sincērātis	sincērant
	imperfect	sincērābam	sincērābās	sincērābat	sincērābāmus	sincērābātis	sincērābant
	future	sincērābō	sincērābis	sincērābit	sincērābimus	sincērābitis	sincērābunt
	perfect	sincērāvī	sincērāvistī	sincērāvit	sincērāvimus	sincērāvistis	sincērāvērunt, sincērāvēre
	pluperfect	sincērāveram	sincērāverās	sincērāverat	sincērāverāmus	sincērāverātis	sincērāverant
	future perfect	sincērāverō	sincērāveris	sincērāverit	sincērāverimus	sincērāveritis	sincērāverint
passive	present	sincēror	sincērāris, sincērāre	sincērātur	sincērāmur	sincērāminī	sincērantur
	imperfect	sincērābar	sincērābāris, sincērābāre	sincērābātur	sincērābāmur	sincērābāminī	sincērābantur
	future	sincērābor	sincērāberis, sincērābere	sincērābitur	sincērābimur	sincērābiminī	sincērābuntur
	perfect	sincērātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sincērātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sincērātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sincērem	sincērēs	sincēret	sincērēmus	sincērētis	sincērent
	imperfect	sincērārem	sincērārēs	sincērāret	sincērārēmus	sincērārētis	sincērārent
	perfect	sincērāverim	sincērāverīs	sincērāverit	sincērāverīmus	sincērāverītis	sincērāverint
	pluperfect	sincērāvissem	sincērāvissēs	sincērāvisset	sincērāvissēmus	sincērāvissētis	sincērāvissent
passive	present	sincērer	sincērēris, sincērēre	sincērētur	sincērēmur	sincērēminī	sincērentur
	imperfect	sincērārer	sincērārēris, sincērārēre	sincērārētur	sincērārēmur	sincērārēminī	sincērārentur
	perfect	sincērātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sincērātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sincērā	—	—	sincērāte	—
	future	—	sincērātō	sincērātō	—	sincērātōte	sincērantō
passive	present	—	sincērāre	—	—	sincērāminī	—
	future	—	sincērātor	sincērātor	—	—	sincērantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sincērāre	sincērāvisse	sincērātūrum esse	sincērārī	sincērātum esse	sincērātum īrī
participles		sincērāns	—	sincērātūrus	—	sincērātus	sincērandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sincērandī	sincērandō	sincērandum	sincērandō	sincērātum	sincērātū

Etymology 2

Adjective

sincērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sincērus

References

• “sincero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “sincero”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sincērus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sĩˈsɛ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro

Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras, comparable, comparative mais sincero, superlative o mais sincero or sinceríssimo)

1. sincere, truthful

   Antonym: insincero

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sincerus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sinˈθeɾo/ [sĩn̟ˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sinˈseɾo/ [sĩnˈse.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: sin‧ce‧ro

Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)

1. sincere

   Synonym: genuino

2. honest

   Synonym: honesto

Related terms

• sinceramente
• sincerar
• sinceridad

 

Verb

sincero

1. first-person singular present indicative of sincerar

Further reading

• “sincero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28