# adulto
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈdulto]
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

adulto (accusative singular adulton, plural adultoj, accusative plural adultojn)
* adultery (cheating on a spouse)

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdulto/ [aˈð̞ul̪.t̪ʊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to

### Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)
* adult

### Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)
* adult
    Espectáculo para adultosEntertainment for adults

### Further reading

* “adulto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto adolto, English adult, French adulte, Italian adulto, Spanish adulto, all from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“I grow up”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdul.to/

### Noun

adulto (plural adulti)
* adult
** 1913, La Progreso, volume 5, page 712:Granda esas la difero inter infanto ed adulto.Great is the difference between a child and an adult.

#### Related terms

* adulta
* adultala
* adulteskar
* adultesko
* adultino
* adultulo

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adultus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdul.to/
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Hyphenation: a‧dùl‧to

### Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adulti, feminine plural adulte)
* adult, grown-up

### Noun

adulto m (plural adulti, feminine adulta)
* adult

### References

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

### Anagrams

* doluta

## Latin
### Participle

adultō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adultus

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Latin adultus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɐˈdul.tu/

### Adjective

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)
* adult

### Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)
* adult

### References

“adulto” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin adultus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈduw.tu/ [aˈduʊ̯.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈduw.tu/ [aˈduʊ̯.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈduw.to/ [aˈduʊ̯.to]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈdul.tu/ [ɐˈðuɫ.tu]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to

### Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)
* adult, grown-up

### Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)
* adult

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adultus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdulto/ [aˈð̞ul̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Syllabification: a‧dul‧to

### Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)
* adult

### Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)
* adult

#### Derived terms

* adultez
* adulticida
* adulto mayor
* edad adulta

### Further reading

* “adulto”, 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 adulto (“adult”), from Latin adultus.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈdulto/ [ʔɐˈd̪ul.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Syllabification: a‧dul‧to

### Noun

adulto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* adult
    Synonym: maygulang
** 1988, “Pagmamasid sa Daigdig”, in Gumising!‎, archived from the original on 12 September 2020:Noong nakaraang Setyembre ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na inilipat ng mga doktor ang himaymay ng ipinagbubuntis na sanggol sa mga utak ng dalawang adulto na mayroong Parkinson’s disease.Last September was the first time doctors transplanted fetal tissue into the brains of two adults suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

#### Derived terms

* edukasyong pang-adulto
* pang-adulto

#### Related terms

* adolesensiya
* adolesente

#### See also

* matanda
* may-edad
* mayor de-edad

### Adjective

adulto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* adult
    Synonym: maygulang

### Further reading

* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 13