devoto

Borrowed from Italian devoto.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəʊ/

devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)

1. A devotee.
   • 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects

     And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements

“devoto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• divoto (rare)

From Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).

• IPA^(key): /deˈvɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: de‧vò‧to

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote, superlative devotissimo)

1. devout, pious
2. devoted

devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)

1. a devout or faithful person

• devoto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• devoto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• devoto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• devoto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• devoto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• devoto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈwoː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈvɔː.to]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dēvōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēvōtus

From dēvoveō + -tō.

dēvōtō (present infinitive dēvōtāre, perfect active dēvōtāvī, supine dēvōtātum); first conjugation

1. to bewitch, enchant
2. to invoke with vows
3. to curse
4. (rare) to dedicate, devote

• > Spanish: devodar (inherited)

• “devoto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devoto in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “devoto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Hyphenation: de‧vo‧to

Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus (“promised; vowed”).

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

1. (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)

   Synonym: pio

• devotamente

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)

   Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo

2. (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

devoto

1. first-person singular present indicative of devotar

• “devoto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “devoto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “devoto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “devoto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “devoto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “devoto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).

• IPA^(key): /deˈboto/ [d̪eˈβ̞o.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: de‧vo‧to

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

1. devoted, devout
2. pious

   Synonyms: pío, piadoso

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee
2. admirer

   Synonym: admirador

• “devoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025