sequestro

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See also: sequestrò and seqüestro

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈkwɛ.stro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstro
  • Hyphenation: se‧què‧stro

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (depository), derived from sequester (mediator, trustee).

Noun

sequestro m (plural sequestri)

  1. confiscation
  2. sequestration
  3. kidnapping
  4. (pathology) sequestrum
  5. abduction
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sequestro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrare

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sequestrum (depository) +‎ , derived from sequester (mediator, trustee).

Pronunciation

Verb

sequestrō (present infinitive sequestrāre, perfect active sequestrāvī, supine sequestrātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) to surrender (give up for safe keeping)
  2. (Late Latin) to sequestrate
  3. (Late Latin) to separate, remove

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • sequestro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sequestro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (depository), derived from sequester (mediator, trustee).

Noun

sequestro m (plural sequestros)

  1. kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
    Synonyms: rapto, (Brazil) abdução
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sequestro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar

Spanish

Verb

sequestro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar