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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkwɛ.stro/
- Rhymes: -ɛstro
- Hyphenation: se‧què‧stro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).
Noun
sequestro m (plural sequestri)
- confiscation
- sequestration
- kidnapping
- (pathology) sequestrum
- abduction
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sequestro
- first-person singular present indicative of sequestrare
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sequestrum (“depository”) + -ō, derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sequestrō (present infinitive sequestrāre, perfect active sequestrāvī, supine sequestrātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to surrender (give up for safe keeping)
- (Late Latin) to sequestrate
- (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
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /sɛ.ˈkwɛʃ.tɾʊ/
- Hyphenation: se‧ques‧tro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).
Noun
sequestro m (plural sequestros)
- kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- Synonyms: rapto, (Brazil) abdução
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sequestro
- first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar
Spanish
Verb
sequestro
- first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar