premonitorio

Italian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitōrius (“forewarning”, adjective), derived from Latin praemonitus (“forewarned”), perfect passive participle of praemoneō (“to forewarn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.mo.niˈtɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: pre‧mo‧ni‧tò‧rio

Adjective

premonitorio (feminine premonitoria, masculine plural premonitori, feminine plural premonitorie)

1. premonitory, precursory

Related terms

• premonire
• premonitore
• premonizione

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾemoniˈtoɾjo/ [pɾe.mo.niˈt̪o.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: pre‧mo‧ni‧to‧rio

Adjective

premonitorio (feminine premonitoria, masculine plural premonitorios, feminine plural premonitorias)

1. premonitory
   • 2015 July 23, “Seducción y duda de Cleopatra en Mérida”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Lucía Jiménez, la coqueta e inteligente Cleopatra, no puede evitar utilizar sus delicadas al tiempo que audaces tácticas de seducción para dejar eclipsado a Marcial Álvarez, el romano César al que las ansias de poder le impidieron interpretar sus premonitorios sueños.

     Lucía Jiménez, the coquettish and intelligent Cleopatra, cannot avoid using her delicate yet daring seduction tactics to overshadow Marcial Álvarez, the Roman Caesar whose lust for power prevented him from interpreting his premonitory dreams.

Further reading

• “premonitorio”, 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