infausto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfaustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfaw.sto/
• Rhymes: -awsto
• Hyphenation: in‧fàu‧sto

Adjective

infausto (feminine infausta, masculine plural infausti, feminine plural infauste)

1. unhappy
2. inauspicious
3. not favorable, infaust

Antonyms

• fausto

Derived terms

• infaustamente

Further reading

• infausto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Faustino, Fustaino

Latin

Adjective

īnfaustō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfaustus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfaustus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfaws.tu/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯s.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfaws.tu/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯s.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfawʃ.tu/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯ʃ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfaws.to/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯s.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfawʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: in‧faus‧to

Adjective

infausto (feminine infausta, masculine plural infaustos, feminine plural infaustas)

1. doomed, ill-fated

Spanish

FWOTD – 10 June 2023

Etymology

From Latin īnfaustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfausto/ [ĩɱˈfau̯s.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -austo
• Syllabification: in‧faus‧to

Adjective

infausto (feminine infausta, masculine plural infaustos, feminine plural infaustas)

1. doomed, ill-fated

   Synonym: aciago

   infausta noticia ― ill-fated news

   infausta noche ― ill-fated night

   infaustos tiempos ― doomed times

   infausta fama ― doomed fame

   • 1878, Francisco Pí y Margall, Historia general de América:

     De que naciesen en días faustos ó infaustos hacían por otra parte depender su porvenir los hombres de todas las razas cultas

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1909, Julio Flórez, Gotas de ajenjo:

     Si herido el corazón, la planta herida,
     llora la humanidad su infausta suerte

     If its heart is wounded, the wounded plant
     cries for humanity's doomed fate

   • 2012, Diego Borinsky, Almeyda: Alma y vida:

     se anotó con 63 minutos en el infausto empate con Suecia

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015 October 20, Jordi Soler, “La destilación genética”, in El País‎^[1]:

     la infausta soledad genética

     the doomed genetic loneliness

Antonyms

• fausto

Derived terms

• infaustamente

 

Further reading

• “infausto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28