purulento

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pūrulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ruˈlɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: pu‧ru‧lèn‧to

Adjective

purulento (feminine purulenta, masculine plural purulenti, feminine plural purulente)

1. purulent, festering, pussy

Related terms

• pus

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

pūrulentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrulentus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūrulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: pu‧ru‧len‧to

Adjective

purulento (feminine purulenta, masculine plural purulentos, feminine plural purulentas)

1. (medicine) purulent (containing pus)
2. (figurative) repulsive, disgusting

Related terms

• pus

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pūrulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾuˈlento/ [pu.ɾuˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: pu‧ru‧len‧to

Adjective

purulento (feminine purulenta, masculine plural purulentos, feminine plural purulentas)

1. purulent, pussy

Related terms

• purulencia

 

Further reading

• “purulento”, 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