# profano
## Catalan
### Verb

profano
* first-person singular present indicative of profanar

## Galician
### Verb

profano
* first-person singular present indicative of profanar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈfa.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: pro‧fà‧no

### Etymology 1

From Latin profānus.

#### Adjective

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profani, feminine plural profane)
* profane
* ignorant, unskilled

##### Derived terms

* profanamente

##### Related terms

* profanare
* profanità

#### Noun

profano m (invariable)
* the profane
    Antonym: sacro

#### Noun

profano m (plural profani, feminine profana)
* layman

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

profano
* first-person singular present indicative of profanare

### Further reading

* profano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

In sense 1, from pro (“in front of, before”) +‎ fānum (“temple”) +‎ -ō. In senses 2-3, from profānus (“profane, secular”) +‎ -ō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /proˈfaː.noː/, [prɔˈfäːnoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /proˈfa.no/, [proˈfäːno]

### Verb

profānō (present infinitive profānāre, perfect active profānāvī, supine profānātum); first conjugation
* to offer (in front of a temple, shrine, etc.)
* to desecrate, profane
* to violate, pollute

#### Descendants

* Catalan: profanar
* English: profane
* French: profaner
* Friulian: profanâ
* Galician: profanar
* Italian: profanare
* Occitan: profanar
* Piedmontese: profané
* Portuguese: profanar
* Romanian: profana
* Spanish: profanar

### Adjective

profānō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of profānus

### References

* “profano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “profano”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* profano in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “prōfanō” on page 1622 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈfɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɾuˈfa.nu/
* Hyphenation: pro‧fa‧no

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from prō- (“before”) +‎ fānum (“temple”).

#### Adjective

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)
* profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)
    Synonyms: blasfemador, blasfemo, herege, herético, ímpio
    Antonyms: sacro, sagrado, santo
* profane; secular (not relating to religion)
    Synonyms: laico, leigo, mundano, secular, temporal
    Antonyms: eclesiástico, religioso

#### Noun

profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)
* one who is profane (desecrating a holy place or thing)
    Synonym: profanador

##### Related terms

* profanado
* profanador
* profanamente
* profanar
* profanatório
* profanável
* profanete
* profanidade

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

profano
* first-person singular present indicative of profanar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈfano/ [pɾoˈfa.no]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: pro‧fa‧no

### Etymology 1

From Latin profānus.

#### Adjective

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)
* profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)
* profane; secular (not relating to religion)
* inexperienced, amateur
    Synonym: inexperto

##### Derived terms

* profanamente

##### Related terms

* profanar
* profanidad

#### Noun

profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)
* amateur

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

profano
* first-person singular present indicative of profanar

### Further reading

* “profano”, 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