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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)
- murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)
- Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
Derived terms
Noun
asesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas)
- murderer, killer (person who commits murder)
- Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
- assassin
- traitor
- Synonym: traidor
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
asesino
- first-person singular present indicative of asesinar
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