cándido
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin candĭdus; compare English candid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cándido (feminine cándida, masculine plural cándidos, feminine plural cándidas)
- straightforward
- naive
- Synonym: ingenuo
Usage notes
- Cándido is a false friend, and does not mean “candid” in the sense of "honestly frank". The word for “candid” in Spanish would be franco or sincero.
Further reading
- “cándido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014