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Italian
Verb
inquina
- inflection of inquinare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Verb
inquinā
- second-person singular present active imperative of inquinō
Portuguese
Verb
inquina
- inflection of inquinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈkina/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: in‧qui‧na
Etymology 1
Perhaps deverbal from inquinar.
Noun
inquina f (plural inquinas)
- ill will
1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:Frío es el invierno que llega; pero las noticias de Madrid vienen calentitas, abrasando. La cosa está abocada, el italiano va a abdicar porque ya no es posible que resista más la atmósfera de hostilidad, de inquina, que le rodea- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
inquina
- inflection of inquinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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