protervo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin protervus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈtɛr.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrvo
• Hyphenation: pro‧tèr‧vo

Adjective

protervo (feminine proterva, masculine plural protervi, feminine plural proterve)

1. (literary) arrogant, obstinate, pigheaded

Derived terms

• protervamente

Related terms

• protervia

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

protervō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of protervus

Spanish

Adjective

protervo (feminine proterva, masculine plural protervos, feminine plural protervas)

1. (formal) wicked; heinous
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     El hombre con quien se casó por compromisos de familia reunía en su alma proterva todas las maldades, vicios y groserías imaginables, y era libertino, disipador, cruel, falso, tramposo.

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Further reading

• “protervo”, 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