sencillo
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish senziello, from Vulgar Latin *singellus, from Latin singulus. Compare Portuguese singelo, Catalan senzill, Asturian cenciellu.
Pronunciation
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- Syllabification: sen‧ci‧llo
Adjective
editsencillo (feminine sencilla, masculine plural sencillos, feminine plural sencillas, superlative sencillísimo)
- plain
- Synonym: llano
- simple, straightforward
- Synonym: franco
- Antonym: complicado
Usage notes
edit- A way to think of the difference between sencillo and simple, which both mean "simple" in English, is that the antonym of sencillo is complicado (“complicated”), whereas the antonym of simple is complejo (“complex”).
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: senzill
Noun
editsencillo m (plural sencillos)
- (music) single
- (baseball) single
- (Latin America, southern Philippines) small change
- Synonym: calderilla
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “sencillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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