# talento
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from French talent, Polish talent, German Talent and English talent.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [taˈlento]
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: ta‧len‧to

### Noun

talento (accusative singular talenton, plural talentoj, accusative plural talentojn)
* talent, ability

## Interlingua
### Noun

talento (plural talentos)
* talent

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈlɛn.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛnto
* Hyphenation: ta‧lèn‧to

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old French talent (“desire, wish”), from Classical Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money; (post-Classical) gift from God; (Medieval) skill, ability”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from the root *telh₂-.

#### Noun

talento m (plural talenti) (obsolete)
* wish, will, desire, longing
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 52–56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Allor surse a la vista scoperchiata un’ombra, lungo questa, infino al mento: credo che s’era in ginocchie levata. Dintorno mi guardò, come talento avesse di veder s’altri era mecoThen, uncovered, a shadow rose along the other one, up to the chin; I think it was on its knees. It looked around me, as if it wanted to see if anyone else was with me(literally, “Then rose to the sight uncovered a shadow, along this, until the chin: I believe that it rose on its knees. Around it looked at me, like desire it had to see if other was with me.”)
* inclination, tendency

##### Derived terms

* maltalento
* talentoso

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money; (post-Classical) gift from God; (Medieval) skill, ability”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from the root *telh₂-. The historical sense indicating a unit of measure gave rise to the others, through the biblical Parable of the Talents.

#### Noun

talento m (plural talenti)
* (metrology, historical) talent (unit of weight and money)
** late 12th century–1342, Domenico Cavalca, “Del beneficio della giustificazione” (chapter 21), in Frutti della lingua; republished as Giovanni Bottari, editor, I frutti della lingua di fra Domenico Cavalca‎, Milan: Giovanni Silvestri, 1857, page 159:[…] quel Vangelo che parla del servo, al quale lo re aveva perdonato diecimila talenti, che perchè non perdonò al conservo cento talenti, sì lo fece pigliare e mettere in prigione, e ridomandogli lo debito perdonato. […] that Gospel narrating of the servant, to whom the king had forgiven [a debt of] ten thousand talents, whom, because he did not forgive [a debt of] one hundred talents, had him taken and put into prison, and once again asked him for the debt to be forgiven.
* (figurative) talent (marked natural ability or skill)
* (transferred sense) talented person

##### Derived terms

* talentare
* talentoso

### References

* talento$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* talento$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* lattone

## Latin
### Noun

talentō
* dative/ablative singular of talentum

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈlẽ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈlẽ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /taˈlẽ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐˈlẽ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ẽtu
* Hyphenation: ta‧len‧to

### Noun

talento m (plural talentos)
* (historical) talent (Classical unit of weight and money)
* talent (marked natural ability or skill)
    Synonyms: aptidão, engenho, habilidade
    Antonyms: inaptidão, inabilidade

#### Related terms

* talentário
* talentoso

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈlento/ [t̪aˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: ta‧len‧to

### Noun

talento m (plural talentos)
* talent
    Synonyms: don, dotes

#### Derived terms

* buscatalentos
* cazatalentos

#### Related terms

* talentoso

### Further reading

* “talento”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish talento, from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈlento/ [t̪ɐˈlɛn̪.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: ta‧len‧to

### Noun

talento (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* talent (marked ability or skill)
    Synonym: (neologism) talihilig

#### Derived terms

* talentado

#### See also

* dunong
* talino

### Adjective

talento (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* (colloquial) talented; gifted
    Synonyms: talentado, (neologism) matalihilig

### Further reading

* “talento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018