argumento

See also: argumentó

Catalan

Verb

argumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argumentar

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish argumento.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧men‧to

Noun

argumento

1. an argument
2. the act of arguing

Esperanto

Etymology

From English argument, French argument, German Argument, Italian argomento, Polish argument, Russian аргумент (argument) and Latin argumentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡuˈmento/

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ar‧gu‧men‧to

Noun

argumento (accusative singular argumenton, plural argumentoj, accusative plural argumentojn)

1. argument (fact or statement)

Derived terms

• argumenti (“to argue, put forth an argument”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto argumento, English argument, French argument, German Argument, Italian argomento, Russian аргуме́нт (argumént), Spanish argumento, from Latin argūmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡuˈmento/

Noun

argumento (plural argumenti)

1. argument

Derived terms

• argumentar (“to argue a case, try to prove something”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ar.ɡuːˈmɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ar.ɡuˈmɛn.to]

Noun

argūmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of argūmentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/ [aɦ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/ [aɦ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡuˈmẽ.to/ [aɦ.ɡuˈmẽ.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/ [ɐɾ.ɣuˈmẽ.tu]

• • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌaχ.ɡu.ˈmẽː.tu]
• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus

Proto-Italic *argus

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Italic *-ō

Proto-Italic *arguō

Latin arguō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin argūmentumbor.

Portuguese argumento

Borrowed from Latin argūmentum.

Noun

argumento m (plural argumentos)

1. argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
2. synopsis

   Synonym: sinopse

3. (film) script, screenplay

   Synonyms: roteiro, guião

4. (by extension) plot, storyline

   Synonyms: enredo, trama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:argumento.

Related terms

• argumentação
• argumentador
• argumentar
• argumentativo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

argumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argumentar

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:argumentar.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾɡuˈmento/ [aɾ.ɣ̞uˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ar‧gu‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus

Proto-Italic *argus

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Italic *-ō

Proto-Italic *arguō

Latin arguō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin argūmentumlbor.

Spanish argumento

Learned borrowing from Latin argūmentum.

Noun

argumento m (plural argumentos)

1. argument

   Synonym: alegato

2. plot, story line

   Synonyms: trama, narrativa

Derived terms

• apretar el argumento
• argumento a contrariis
• argumento ad hominem
• argumento de autoridad
• desatar el argumento
• retorsión del argumento

Related terms

• argüir
• argumental
• argumentar
• argumentario
• argumentativo
• argumentista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

argumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of argumentar

Further reading

• “argumento”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish argumento, from Latin argūmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾɡuˈmento/ [ʔɐɾ.ɡʊˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ar‧gu‧men‧to

Noun

argumento (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜄᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. argument; reasoning

   Synonyms: katwiran, pangangatwiran

2. debate; discussion

   Synonyms: pagtatalo, debate

Derived terms

• argumentuhan
• maargumento

Related terms

• argumentasyon

See also

• lambit

Further reading

• “argumento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018