facineroso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fa.ki.neˈroː.soː/, [fäkɪnɛˈroːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.t͡ʃi.neˈro.so/, [fät͡ʃineˈrɔːs̬o]

Adjective

facinerōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of facinerōsus

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin facinerōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faθineˈɾoso/ [fa.θi.neˈɾo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fasineˈɾoso/ [fa.si.neˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fa‧ci‧ne‧ro‧so

Adjective

facineroso (feminine facinerosa, masculine plural facinerosos, feminine plural facinerosas)

1. 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

   • 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)

1. criminal, especially a habitual criminal

Further reading

• “facineroso”, 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