menso

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (Central-America, Mexico, offensive) foolish, dull
  2. (Central-America, Mexico, offensive) distracted, absent-minded
  3. (Mexico, offensive) ignorant
  4. (Mexico, offensive) inexpert
  5. (Mexico, offensive) timid, shy
  6. (Mexico, offensive) ingenuous, naive

Opposto di
aguzado, brillante, inteligente, listo, atento, concentrado, conocedor, sabio, experto, perito, aventado, decidido, valiente, colmilludo, sagaz
Con il trattino come
men‧so
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈmenso/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Arguably taken from Latin mēnsa (“table”); it is thought that medieval monks used the names of inanimate objects in disparaging reference to illiterate or non‐discerning people, partially out of a desire to not use an explicitly pejorative insult as would be forbidden by their canons.

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