benedictino

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /benediɡˈtino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: be‧ne‧dic‧ti‧no

Adjective

benedictino (feminine benedictina, masculine plural benedictinos, feminine plural benedictinas)

  1. Benedictine
  2. (figurative) large, monumental
    un trabajo benedictinoa monumental task

Noun

benedictino m (plural benedictinos, feminine benedictina, feminine plural benedictinas)

  1. Benedictine (monk)
    • 2015 July 24, “Otros caminos de Santiago”, in El País:
      De los muchos cenobios y pequeños monasterios que hubo en la comarca cántabra de Liébana durante la época en que parte de la península estaba en manos musulmanas y luego durante la Reconquista, uno adquirió especial protagonismo: el que regía una comunidad de benedictinos en torno a la figura de San Toribio de Turieno, en la ladera del monte Viorna, cerca de donde luego crecería Potes.
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