apotropaico

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios, “averting, warding off”), from ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō, “to avert, ward off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpa.i.ko/
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧tro‧pà‧i‧co

Adjective

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaici, feminine plural apotropaiche)

1. apotropaic
2. warding off bad luck

Synonyms

• scaramantico

Portuguese

Adjective

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaicos, feminine plural apotropaicas)

1. (religion, mysticism) apotropaic (intended to ward off evil)

Spanish

Adjective

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaicos, feminine plural apotropaicas)

1. apotropaic

Further reading

• “apotropaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10