predicamento

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“to declare, proclame, predicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.di.kaˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧ca‧mén‧to

Noun

predicamento m (plural predicamenti)

1. (archaic) preaching; sermon

   Synonym: predica

   • 13^th century, Le quaranta omelie di S. Gregorio Papa sopra gli evangelii - Volume I‎^[1], published 1830, page 27:

     E però Giovanni alle parole d’invidia rispose predicamenti di vita, il quale incontanente aggiugne: Io battezzo in acqua, ma in mezzo di voi è stato colui, il quale voi non conoscete.

     Therefore, to those words of envy, John answered with preachings about life, and immediately added: "I baptize in water, but among you has been he who you do not know."

2. (logic, philosophy) predicament, category
   • 1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume secondo, published 1804, pages 299–300:

     I numeri […] si ritruovano in tutti i parlari di tutte le lingue; perchè il parlare cade sotto il predicamento della quantità

     Numbers are found in every form of every language, for speech falls under the predicament of quantity

3. (archaic) reputation

   Synonyms: nomea, reputazione

   essere in predicamento di... ― to have a reputation of...

   • 1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume primo, published 1804, page 159:

     Avere alcuno mala voce, è quello, che i Latini dicevano male audit, cioè essere in cattivo concetto, e predicamento.

     Avere alcuno mala voce is what the Latin referred to as male audit, that is, to have a bad name and reputation.

Related terms

• predica
• predicare
• predicatore

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• comprendiate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“to declare, proclame, predicate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.di.kɐˈmẽ.tu/ [pɾɨ.ði.kɐˈmẽ.tu]

• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧ca‧men‧to

Noun

predicamento m (plural predicamentos)

1. (chiefly logic and philosophy) predicament (a definite class, state or condition)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“to declare, proclame, predicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾedikaˈmento/ [pɾe.ð̞i.kaˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: pre‧di‧ca‧men‧to

Noun

predicamento m (plural predicamentos)

1. prestige

   Synonym: prestigio

2. (logic) predicament (that which is predicated); a category.
3. (Latin America) compromised (difficult situation)

   Synonym: compromiso

Further reading

• “predicamento”, 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
• predicamento | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE