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pacifico

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English

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Etymology

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Spanish

Noun

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pacifico (plural pacificos)

  1. (historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
    • Harper's Weekly
      While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave.

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.fi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ifiko
  • Hyphenation: pa‧cì‧fi‧co

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pacificus.

Adjective

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pacifico (feminine pacifica, masculine plural pacifici, feminine plural pacifiche)

  1. peaceable, peaceful
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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pacifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificare

Further reading

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  • pacifico1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From pāx (peace) + faciō (I do, make).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pācificō (present infinitive pācificāre, perfect active pācificāvī, supine pācificātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to make, negotiate or arrange peace
  2. (transitive) to pacify, appease, placate

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Through Vulgar Latin:

  • Catalan: apaivagar
  • Portuguese: paziguar, apaziguar
  • Spanish: apaciguar

Romance borrowings:

Non-Romance borrowings:

References

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  • pacifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pacifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pacifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Verb

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pacifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /paθiˈfiko/ [pa.θiˈfi.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pasiˈfiko/ [pa.siˈfi.ko]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: pa‧ci‧fi‧co

Verb

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pacifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificar