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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
facinerōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of facinerōsus
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin facinerōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /faθineˈɾoso/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fasineˈɾoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: fa‧ci‧ne‧ro‧so
Adjective
facineroso (feminine facinerosa, masculine plural facinerosos, feminine plural facinerosas)
- criminal; evil
1882, José Zorrilla, La leyenda del Cid:[…] Que había obrado con sus yernos
como hombre facineroso
y felón,- Which he had forged with his sons-in-law
like an evil man
Noun
facineroso m (plural facinerosos, feminine facinerosa, feminine plural facinerosas)
- criminal, especially a habitual criminal
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