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culto

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adjectiverare
  1. educated; cultured
  2. learned; scholarly
  3. cultivated
nounmasculine
  1. worshipthe devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  2. worship; ritual, ritethe religious ceremonies that express devotion
  3. culta group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity

Forms

adjective

masculine singularculto
feminineculta
masculine pluralcultos
feminine pluralcultas

noun

singularculto
pluralcultos

Used in the library

  • El periodista es un hombre culto que cita a Machado.The journalist is a cultured man who quotes Machado.B2Una vez más (5) — Once more (5) (B2)
  • Un andaluz culto pronuncia todas las eses cuando lee las noticias, y ninguna cuando habla con su madre; las dos formas son suyas.An educated Andalusian pronounces every s when reading the news, and none when talking to his mother; both forms are his.B2El español de Andalucía — The Spanish of Andalucía
  • El lunfardo no es incorrección ni ignorancia: es un registro, y el porteño culto lo usa con sus amigos y lo guarda en una entrevista de trabajo.Lunfardo is not incorrectness or ignorance: it is a register, and the educated porteño uses it with friends and puts it away in a job interview.B2El lunfardo — Lunfardo

Other ways to say it

  • adoraciónadoration, worship
  • cultivadorefined, cultured; cultivated, grown
  • cultososynonym of culto
  • devocióndevotion
  • educadoeducated; well-mannered, polite

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