vetusto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vetustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈtu.sto/
• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: ve‧tù‧sto

Adjective

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)

1. (literary) ancient, old
   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎^[1], lines 124–126; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto
     di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi
     raccomandò di questo fior venusto.

     On the right you see that ancient father of Holy Church, to whom Christ entrusted the keys of this beautiful flower.

Related terms

• vecchio
• veterano
• vetustà
• vieto
• vietume

Latin

Adjective

vetustō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vetustus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vetustus (“ancient”), from vetus (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈtus.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈtus.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veˈtuʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈtus.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈtuʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈtuʃ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈtuʃ.tu/

Adjective

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. ancient

   Synonyms: antigo, velho, arcaico

   Antonyms: novo, recente

2. whose age must be respected
3. dilapidated by age

   Synonym: desgastado

4. antiquated

   Synonyms: antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto

   Antonyms: moderno, atual

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetustus.

Adjective

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. old, ancient, age-old

Derived terms

• vetustez

 

See also

• viejo
• anciano
• antigo

Further reading

• “vetusto”, 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