vetusto

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vetustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈtu.sto/
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: ve‧tù‧sto

Adjective

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)

  1. (literary) ancient, old
    • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎, lines 124–126; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto
      di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi
      raccomandò di questo fior venusto.
      On the right you see that ancient father of Holy Church, to whom Christ entrusted the keys of this beautiful flower.

Latin

Adjective

vetustō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vetustus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vetustus (ancient), from vetus (old), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (year).

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

  1. ancient
    Synonyms: antigo, velho, arcaico
    Antonyms: novo, recente
  2. whose age must be respected
  3. dilapidated by age
    Synonym: desgastado
  4. antiquated
    Synonyms: antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto
    Antonyms: moderno, atual

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetustus.

Adjective

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

  1. old, ancient, age-old

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