incesto

From Latin incestus.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -esto
• Hyphenation: in‧ces‧to

incesto (uncountable, accusative inceston)

1. incest

   Synonym: sangadulto

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin incestus.

• IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛ.sto/
• Rhymes: -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: in‧cè‧sto

incesto m (plural incesti)

1. incest

• incestuoso

• censito, cestino, cestinò, cestoni, contesi, costine, nocesti

From incestus (“polluted, defiled”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkes.toː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃes.to/,

incestō (present infinitive incestāre, perfect active incestāvī, supine incestātum); first conjugation

1. to pollute, defile
2. to dishonor, disgrace

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

incestō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incestus

• “incesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incesto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin incestus.

• Hyphenation: in‧ces‧to

incesto m (plural incestos)

1. incest (sexual relations between close relatives)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin incestus.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inˈθesto/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /inˈsesto/

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: in‧ces‧to

incesto m (plural incestos)

1. incest

• “incesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10