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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtu.zo/
- Rhymes: -uzo
- Hyphenation: con‧tù‧so
Adjective
contuso (feminine contusa, masculine plural contusi, feminine plural contuse)
- contused, bruised
Noun
contuso m (plural contusi, feminine contusa)
- a contused or bruised person
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Participle
contuso (feminine contusa, masculine plural contusi, feminine plural contuse)
- past participle of contundere
References
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
- 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)
- contused, bruised
Related terms
Further reading