The story behind Ernesto
From German Ernst.
Other language forms and explanations (3)
Portuguese entry
Borrowed from German Ernst.
Spanish entry
From German Ernst.
Tagalog entry
Borrowed from Spanish Ernesto, from German Ernst, a nominalization of ernst, from Middle High German ërnst, from Old High German ërnust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, from *arniz, from Proto-Indo-European *Her-.
Pronunciation
Italian: /erˈnɛs.to/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Portuguese; Brazil: /eʁˈnɛs.tu/
- Portuguese; Brazil: [eɦˈnɛs.tu]
- Portuguese; São-Paulo: /eɾˈnɛs.tu/
- Portuguese; Rio-de-Janeiro: /eʁˈnɛʃ.tu/
- Portuguese; Caipira: /eɻˈnɛs.tu/
- Portuguese; Portugal: /iɾˈnɛʃ.tu/
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ɛɾˈnɛʃ.tu/
- Spanish: /eɾˈnesto/
- Spanish: [eɾˈnes.t̪o]
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: /ʔeɾˈnesto/
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: [ʔɛɾˈn̪ɛs.t̪o]
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