← All words
noun, masculine

entenado

/enteˈnado/

noun, masculine/enteˈnado/plural: entenados

stepchild, stepson; an illegitimate stepson; a girlfriend’s child sired by a previous boyfriend

Synonyms: alnado, hijastro

Inherited from Old Spanish antenado, entenado, borrowed from Late Latin antenātus (“stepson”), from Latin ante nātus (“before birth”); compare Galician enteado, Mirandese antenado, and Portuguese enteado. Doublet of alnado.