perentorio

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin perēmptōrius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.renˈtɔ.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjo
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ren‧tò‧rio

Adjective

perentorio (feminine perentoria, masculine plural perentori, feminine plural perentorie)

  1. peremptory

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perēmptōrius. Cognate with English peremptory.

Adjective

perentorio (feminine perentoria, masculine plural perentorios, feminine plural perentorias)

  1. peremptory
  2. decisive, final, absolute
  3. urgent, imperative
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Judas Iscariote”, in El juguete rabioso:
      No parecerá entonces exagerado decir que entre un individuo y el comerciante se han establecido vínculos materiales y espirituales, relación inconsciente o simulada de ideas económicas, políticas, religiosas y hasta sociales, y que una operación de venta, aunque sea la de un paquete de agujas, salvo perentoria necesidad, eslabona en sí más dificultades que la solución del binomio de Newton.
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    • 2015 August 2, “Lo esencial”, in El País:
      Los más perentorios son, a mi juicio, el trabajo y la vivienda.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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