Portuguese

Proper noun

Divino

1. Divino (municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Galician

Adjective

divino m (feminine singular divina, masculine plural divinos, feminine plural divinas)

1. divine

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvi.no/, [d̪iˈviːn̺o]
• Hyphenation: di‧vì‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin dīvīnus.

Adjective

divino m ‎(feminine singular divina, masculine plural divini, feminine plural divine)

1. of or pertaining to a god or deity; divine
2. (figuratively, hyperbolic) heavenly

Synonyms

• (divine): celeste, soprannaturale, trascendente, ultraterreno; empireo (literary)
• (heavenly): celestiale, eccelso, paradisiaco

Derived terms

• divinamente
• divinità

Etymology 2

Verb

divino

1. first-person singular present indicative of divinare

Latin

Etymology

From dīvīnus ‎(“divine, inspired, prophetic”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈwiː.noː/

Verb

dīvīnō ‎(present infinitive dīvīnāre, perfect active dīvīnāvī, supine dīvīnātum); first conjugation

1. I foresee, foretell, divine
2. I prophesy
3. I guess

Inflection

Descendants

• English: divine
• French: deviner
• Italian: divinare, indovinare
• Portuguese: adivinhar
• Spanish: adivinar, divinar

References

• divino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• divino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “divino”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)
    
  • inspired: divino quodam spiritu inflatus or tactus
    
  • to pay divine honours to some one: aliquem divino honere colere
    
• divinate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīvīnus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, São Paulo) IPA^(key): [dʒɪˈvinʊ]
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ˈvi.nu/
• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧no

Adjective

divino m ‎(feminine singular divina, masculine plural divinos, feminine plural divinas, comparable)

1. divine (pertaining to god)
2. divine (exceptionally good)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (exceptionally good): ótimo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīvīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈbino/, [d̪iˈβino]

Adjective

divino m ‎(feminine singular divina, masculine plural divinos, feminine plural divinas)

1. divine
2. heavenly

Related terms

• divinidad