truculento

Galician

Etymology

From Latin truculentus.

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculentos, feminine plural truculentas)

1. gruesome, horrifying

Related terms

• truculencia

Further reading

• “truculento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

From Latin truculentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: tru‧cu‧lèn‧to

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculenti, feminine plural truculente)

1. truculent, grim, cruel
2. gruesome

Related terms

• truculenza

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

truculentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of truculentus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin truculentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾu.kuˈlẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: tru‧cu‧len‧to

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculentos, feminine plural truculentas)

1. truculent; fierce; savage

Related terms

• truculência

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾukuˈlento/ [t̪ɾu.kuˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: tru‧cu‧len‧to

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculentos, feminine plural truculentas)

1. truculent, cruel, savage
2. deadly, destructive

Related terms

• truculencia

 

Further reading

• “truculento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28