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Ladino
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish siniestro, from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Compare Portuguese sestro.
Adjective
siniestro (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סינייסטרו)
- left, left-hand (direction)
- Synonym: siedrero
- Antonym: derecho
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestro.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /siˈnjestɾo/
Adjective
siniestro (feminine singular siniestra, masculine plural siniestros, feminine plural siniestras)
- left, left-hand (direction)
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 97v:[…] Et q̃ deſcẽda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de om̃e q̃ tẽga en la mano dieſtra lança ⁊ en la ſinieſtra un af traſtornada.- And may over this stone descend the virtue of the man with a spear in his right hand and an upturned bird on his left.
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Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish siniestro, from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Compare Portuguese sestro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈnjestɾo/
- Rhymes: -estɾo
- Syllabification: si‧nies‧tro
Adjective
siniestro (feminine siniestra, masculine plural siniestros, feminine plural siniestras)
- sinister
- unhappy
- Synonyms: infeliz, funesto
- malicious, evil
- Synonyms: avieso, malintencionado
- (dated) left, left-hand (direction)
- Synonym: izquierdo
- Antonyms: derecho, diestro
- (heraldry) sinister, sinistral
Derived terms
Noun
siniestro m (plural siniestros)
- accident
- Synonyms: accidente, desgracia
- catastrophe, disaster
- Synonyms: catástrofe, desastre
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