relapso

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relāpsus, perfect passive participle of relābor (to slide back; to relapse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈla.pso/
  • Rhymes: -apso
  • Hyphenation: re‧là‧pso

Adjective

relapso (feminine relapsa, masculine plural relapsi, feminine plural relapse)

  1. (early Christianity) returning to paganism after embracing Christianity
  2. (Middle Ages, by extension) returning to heretic doctrines after having renounced them

Noun

relapso m (plural relapsi, feminine relapsa)

  1. (early Christianity) one who returns to paganism after embracing Christianity
  2. (Middle Ages, by extension) one who returns to heretic doctrines after having renounced them

Further reading

  • relapso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

relāpsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of relāpsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relāpsus.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -apsu
  • Hyphenation: re‧lap‧so

Noun

relapso m (plural relapsos)

  1. relapse (the act of relapsing: returning a previous, worse state)
    Synonym: recaída

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈlabso/
  • Rhymes: -abso
  • Syllabification: re‧lap‧so

Adjective

relapso (feminine relapsa, masculine plural relapsos, feminine plural relapsas)

  1. returning to sin after repenting

Further reading