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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pasionaria (“passionate one”), nickname (La Pasionaria) of Spanish anti-fascist activist Dolores Ibárruri (1895-1989)
Noun
pasionaria f (plural pasionarias)
- a female political activist, usually in a left-wing organization
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pasionaria (“passionate one”), nickname (La Pasionaria) of Spanish anti-fascist activist Dolores Ibárruri (1895-1989)
Noun
pasionaria f (invariable)
- a female fighter in a left-wing organization
Spanish
Etymology
From pasión, a reference to the passion of Jesus Christ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pasjoˈnaɾja/
- Rhymes: -aɾja
- Syllabification: pa‧sio‧na‧ria
Noun
pasionaria f (plural pasionarias)
- passionflower (any of very many North American vines of the family Passifloraceae)
1956 [1944], Jorge Luis Borges, “Funes el memorioso”, in Ficciones, Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, Artificios, page 117:Lo recuerdo […] con una oscura pasionaria en la mano, viéndola come nadie la ha visto, aunque la mirara desde el crepúsculo del día hasta el de la noche, toda una vida entera.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
pasionaria f
- feminine singular of pasionario
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