extremo

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See also: extremó

Galician

Etymology

From Latin extremus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

  1. extreme
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    Communism has extreme contempt for traditional moral values.

Derived terms

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos)

  1. extreme, end

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

extrēmō

  1. dative/ablative singular of extrēmus

References

  • “extremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “extremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • extremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) at the end of the year: exeunte, extremo anno
    • (ambiguous) to touch with the fingertips: extremis digitis aliquid attingere
    • (ambiguous) to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    • (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
    • (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmus.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mo

Adjective

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

  1. extreme
Derived terms

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos)

  1. extreme
    1. end, the extreme part of an object
    2. (figurative) an extreme view or attitude
  2. (Portugal, sports) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)
Quotations

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Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ɛmu
  • Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mo

Verb

extremo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of extremar

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsˈtɾemo/
  • Rhymes: -emo
  • Syllabification: ex‧tre‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin extremus.

Adjective

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

  1. extreme, dire
Derived terms

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos)

  1. extreme
  2. end
    Synonyms: fin, cabo
Derived terms
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Noun

extremo m (plural extremos, feminine extrema, feminine plural extremas)

  1. (soccer) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)
    Synonym: volante (Peru, Chile)

Etymology 2

Verb

extremo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of extremar

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