facineroso
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fa.ki.neˈroː.soː/, [fäkɪnɛˈroːs̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fa.t͡ʃi.neˈro.so/, [fät͡ʃineˈrɔːs̬o]
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin facinerōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /faθineˈɾoso/ [fa.θi.neˈɾo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /fasineˈɾoso/ [fa.si.neˈɾo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: fa‧ci‧ne‧ro‧so
Adjective
facineroso (feminine facinerosa, masculine plural facinerosos, feminine plural facinerosas)
- criminal; evil
- 1882, José Zorrilla, La leyenda del Cid:
- […] Que había obrado con sus yernos
como hombre facineroso
y felón,- Which he had forged with his sons-in-law
like an evil man
- Which he had forged with his sons-in-law
- 1631, Francisco de Quevedo, Política de Dios y gobierno de Cristo:
- tiene la suficiencia en la atrocidad facinerosa.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
facineroso m (plural facinerosos, feminine facinerosa, feminine plural facinerosas)
- criminal, especially a habitual criminal
Further reading
- “facineroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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