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Italian
Etymology
From Latin protervus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈtɛr.vo/
- Rhymes: -ɛrvo
- Hyphenation: pro‧tèr‧vo
Adjective
protervo (feminine proterva, masculine plural protervi, feminine plural proterve)
- (literary) arrogant, obstinate, pigheaded
Derived terms
Further reading
- protervo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
protervō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of protervus
Spanish
Adjective
protervo (feminine proterva, masculine plural protervos, feminine plural protervas)
- (formal) wicked; heinous
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:El hombre con quien se casó por compromisos de familia reunía en su alma proterva todas las maldades, vicios y groserías imaginables, y era libertino, disipador, cruel, falso, tramposo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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