contuso

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtu.zo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -uzo
  • Hyphenation: con‧tù‧so

Adjective

contuso (feminine contusa, masculine plural contusi, feminine plural contuse)

  1. contused, bruised

Noun

contuso m (plural contusi, feminine contusa)

  1. a contused or bruised person

Participle

contuso (feminine contusa, masculine plural contusi, feminine plural contuse)

  1. past participle of contundere

References

  1. ^ contuso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • contuso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • contuso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • contuso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • contuso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • contuso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • contuso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

contūsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contūsus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contūsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtuso/
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: con‧tu‧so

Adjective

contuso (feminine contusa, masculine plural contusos, feminine plural contusas)

  1. contused, bruised

Further reading