asesino

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See also: asesinó

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aseˈsino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: a‧se‧si‧no

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, hashish users) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn).

Cognate with Italian assassino, French assassin.

Adjective

asesino (feminine asesina, masculine plural asesinos, feminine plural asesinas)

  1. murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)
    Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
Derived terms

Noun

asesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas)

  1. murderer, killer (person who commits murder)
    Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
  2. assassin
  3. traitor
    Synonym: traidor
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

asesino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of asesinar

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