ingenuo
Spanish, noun/inˈxenwo/
ingenuo is spelled I-N-G-E-N-U-O (7 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,412th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingenuo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “naif” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ingenuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
naive, ingenuous, candid, innocent
Ella nunca lo sospechará porque es muy ingenua.
- 2
falsely naive, pretending to be naive
¡No seas ingenuo!
- 3
obsoletefreeborn; born free rather than in bondage or as a slave.
noun
- 1
masculinenaif
¡Lo que pasa es que son un montón de ingenuos!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese de alguien que tiene demasiada confianza en la bondad de las personas y no está advertido sobre su posible maldad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ingenuo
- ingenua feminine
- ingenuos masculine plural
- ingenuas feminine plural
- ingenuísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ingenuo?
- /inˈxenwo/
- [ĩŋˈxe.nwo]
- [ĩŋˈxenwo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ingenuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ingenuo in Spanish?
ingenuo appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).