victimario

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ik.tiˈmaː.ri.oː/, [u̯ɪkt̪ɪˈmäːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vik.tiˈma.ri.o/, [vikt̪iˈmäːrio]

Adjective

victimāriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of victimārius

Noun

victimāriō

1. dative/ablative singular of victimārius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victimārius (literally “pertaining to victims”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɡtiˈmaɾjo/ [biɣ̞.t̪iˈma.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: vic‧ti‧ma‧rio

Noun

victimario m (plural victimarios, feminine victimaria, feminine plural victimarias)

1. killer, homicide

   Synonyms: homicida, asesino

   Antonym: víctima

   • 2015 July 11, “El Papa visita el infierno de Bolivia”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Sentimos en ellos el signo contradictorio de ser víctimas y victimarios, la evidencia de una sociedad que produce pobreza, desigualdades y violencia”.

     We feel in them the contradictory sign of being victims and offenders, the evidence of a society that produces poverty, inequalities and violence”.

Further reading

• “victimario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28