encono

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See also: enconó

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈkono/
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Syllabification: en‧co‧no

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enconar.

Noun

encono m (plural enconos)

  1. rancor; spite
    • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
      Los golpes empezaron a sucederse torpes, entre falsas paradas e inseguros ataques, exacerbado el encono, perdida ya la serenidad de la vista y la firmeza del brazo por el esfuerzo y la fatiga.
      The blows started to strike clumsily, amongst feinted parries and uncertain attacks, with heightened spite, lost serenity and firmness of his arms from the effort, and fatigue
    • 2015 July 26, “Nietzsche en Sils-Maria”, in El País‎:
      Entonces desaparecerían los estúpidos enconos que habían llenado la historia humana de guerras, cataclismos, abusos, sufrimientos, salvajismos, y surgiría una fraternidad universal en la que la vida valdría por fin la pena de ser vivida por todos.
      Then the stupid anger that had filled human history with wars, cataclysms, abuses, sufferings, and savagery would disappear, and a universal brotherhood would arise in which life would finally be worth living for all.
    • 2018 July 28, “¿Las sanciones sirven para algo?”, in El Nacional‎:
      Sin embargo, existen razones políticas –válidas o no– que hacen que tal alternativa sea utilizada en zonas del planeta que por diversas razones no son capaces de entenderse de otras maneras, ya sea por la testarudez, sanguinariedad, enconos históricos, etc.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

encono

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enconar

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