impertérrito

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imperterritus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impeɾˈterito/
  • Rhymes: -erito
  • Syllabification: im‧per‧té‧rri‧to

Adjective

impertérrito (feminine impertérrita, masculine plural impertérritos, feminine plural impertérritas)

  1. impassive
  2. undaunted
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 75:
      De distancia en distancia [el Lampalagua] saca la cabeza a la superficie, en medio de un potrero, a la entrada de un villorrio, y si tiene hambre, devora cuanto le rodea, así hombres como animales y sembrados, prosiguiendo después impertérrito su camino subterráneo.
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