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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“to declare, proclame, predicate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.di.kaˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: pre‧di‧ca‧mén‧to
Noun
predicamento m (plural predicamenti)
- (archaic) preaching; sermon
- Synonym: predica
13th century, Le quaranta omelie di S. Gregorio Papa sopra gli evangelii - Volume I, published 1830, page 27:E però Giovanni alle parole d’invidia rispose predicamenti di vita, il quale incontanente aggiugne: Io battezzo in acqua, ma in mezzo di voi è stato colui, il quale voi non conoscete.- Therefore, to those words of envy, John answered with preachings about life, and immediately added: "I baptize in water, but among you has been he who you do not know."
- (logic, philosophy) predicament, category
1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume secondo, published 1804, pages 299–300:I numeri […] si ritruovano in tutti i parlari di tutte le lingue; perchè il parlare cade sotto il predicamento della quantità- Numbers are found in every form of every language, for speech falls under the predicament of quantity
- (archaic) reputation
- Synonyms: nomea, reputazione
- essere in predicamento di... ― to have a reputation of...
1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume primo, published 1804, page 159:Avere alcuno mala voce, è quello, che i Latini dicevano male audit, cioè essere in cattivo concetto, e predicamento.- Avere alcuno mala voce is what the Latin referred to as male audit, that is, to have a bad name and reputation.
Further reading
- predicamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“to declare, proclame, predicate”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pre‧di‧ca‧men‧to
Noun
predicamento m (plural predicamentos)
- (chiefly logic and philosophy) predicament (a definite class, state or condition)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“to declare, proclame, predicate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾedikaˈmento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: pre‧di‧ca‧men‧to
Noun
predicamento m (plural predicamentos)
- prestige
- Synonym: prestigio
- (logic) predicament (that which is predicated); a category.
- (Latin America) compromised (difficult situation)
- Synonym: compromiso
Further reading