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tarento

tarento noun: a celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.

Noun

tarento (plural tarentos or tarento)

  1. (Japan) A celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.
    • It was the first baby for the 37-year-old pro golfer, the daughter of former Seibu Lions manager Osamu Higashio and the much younger wife of fellow tarento Junichi Ishida.2013 March 24, Philip Brasor, “Abortion controlled by the state”, in The Japan Times, Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2019
    • Every time I go to Japan, I'm amazed that the same pop stars and tarentos (the Japanese rendition of television "talents") who were around when I was a kid are still there.2016 January 19, Ryu Spaeth, “The sickness of Japan, in one groveling apology by the oldest boy band in the world.”, in The New Republic, New York, N.Y.: Republic Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of tarento

pluraltarentos
pluraltarento

Origin of tarento

Borrowed from Japanese タレント (tarento, “television star”), from English talent. Doublet of talent.

Questions about tarento

What does tarento mean?
Tarento means a celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.
What part of speech is tarento?
Tarento is a noun.
What is the plural of tarento?
The plural of tarento is tarentos.

Words near tarento in the dictionary

  1. tarentella
  2. tarentellas
  3. Tarentine
  4. Tarentines
  5. tarentism
  6. tarento
  7. tarentos
  8. tarentula
  9. tarentulas
  10. Tarentum
  11. Tareq

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