pederasta

Catalan

Noun

pederasta m (plural pederastes)

1. pederast

Italian

Alternative forms

• pederaste (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.deˈra.sta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: pe‧de‧rà‧sta

Noun

pederasta m (plural pederasti)

1. pederast
2. (dated) homosexual man

   Synonym: omosessuale

   • 1971, Lucio Dalla (lyrics and music), “Il colonello”:

     L'elenco ce l'ho: i disfattisti, i comunisti, i pederasti!

     I have the list: the defeatists, the communists, the homosexuals!

Related terms

• pederastia
• pederastico

 

Further reading

• pederasta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• “pederasta”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 12 orad–pere, UTET, 1984, page 922f.

Anagrams

• derapaste

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.dɛˈras.ta/

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• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: pe‧de‧ras‧ta

Noun

pederasta m pers

1. (now derogatory) gay man

   Synonyms: gej, homoseksualista, pedał, ciota

2. (historical) pederast

   Synonyms: efebofil, pedofil

Declension

Declension of pederasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pederasta	pederaści/pederasty (deprecative)
genitive	pederasty	pederastów
dative	pederaście	pederastom
accusative	pederastę	pederastów
instrumental	pederastą	pederastami
locative	pederaście	pederastach
vocative	pederasto	pederaści

Derived terms

noun

• pederastka

 

Related terms

adjective

• pederastyczny

 

noun

• pederastia

 

Further reading

• pederasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pederasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈɾas.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈɾas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈɾaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈɾas.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.dɨˈɾaʃ.tɐ/ [pɨ.ðɨˈɾaʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: pe‧de‧ras‧ta

Noun

pederasta m (plural pederastas)

1. pederast (man who is engaged in a sexual relationship with an adolescent boy)
2. (by extension, derogatory) male homosexual

Further reading

• “pederasta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pedeˈɾasta/ [pe.ð̞eˈɾas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: pe‧de‧ras‧ta

Noun

pederasta m or f by sense (plural pederastas)

1. pederast (man), korephile (woman)
2. child molester

Usage notes

• In Spanish, pederasta refers to an adult person who commits sexual abuse with against a child or children, whereas pedófilo refers to an adult person who only feels erotic or sexual attraction for children (regardless of gender), even if he doesn't abuse them.

Further reading

• “pederasta”, 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