# contento
## Asturian
### Adjective

contento
* neuter of contentu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* contente

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [konˈtentʊ]

### Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)
* content, happy
    Synonym: ledo
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste
* satisfied, glad, pleased
    Synonym: satisfeito
* (figurative) tipsy
    Synonyms: alegre, peneque

### Noun

contento m (plural contentos)
* 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: ILG
* 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)
* content, contents (that which something contains)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* satisfied, pleased
    Synonyms: appagato, (literary) pago, soddisfatto
    Antonyms: deluso, dispiaciuto, inappagato, insoddisfatto, scontento
* 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)
* (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)
* (literary) satisfaction, happiness
    Synonyms: contentezza, soddisfazione
    Antonyms: insoddisfazione, scontento

##### Derived terms

* contentino

### Etymology 3

From Latin contemptus (“scorn, contempt”).

#### Noun

contento m (plural contenti)
* (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
* first-person singular present indicative of contentare

### Anagrams

* connetto

## Latin
### Participle

contentō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contentus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kõˈtẽ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ẽtu
* Hyphenation: con‧ten‧to

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)
* Archaic form of contente.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

contento
* first-person singular present indicative of contentar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈtento/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: con‧ten‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contentus.

#### Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)
* content
* happy, glad
    Synonyms: feliz, alegre
* pleased, chuffed (British)
* satisfied
    Synonym: satisfecho

##### Derived terms

* contentura
* más contento que unas castañuelas

##### Related terms

* contentar
* descontento

#### Noun

contento m (plural contentos)
* contentment; gladness
    Synonyms: alegría, contentura

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

contento
* first-person singular present indicative of contentar

### References

* ↑ 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