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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)
- (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
- 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)
- ancient
- Synonyms: antigo, velho, arcaico
- Antonyms: novo, recente
- whose age must be respected
- dilapidated by age
- Synonym: desgastado
- antiquated
- Synonyms: antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto
- Antonyms: moderno, atual
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vetustus.
Adjective
vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)
- old, ancient, age-old
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