vilipendio

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See also: vilipendió

Catalan

Verb

vilipendio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vilipendium, from the verb vilipendo (whence also vilipendere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.liˈpɛn.djo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndjo
  • Hyphenation: vi‧li‧pèn‧dio

Noun

vilipendio m (plural vilipendi)

  1. (law) public insult, public defamation
  2. vilification, scorn
    • 2021 February, Luca Serianni, Le mille lingue di Roma, Castelvecchi, →ISBN, pages 20–21:
      Un passaggio molto noto è quello dedicato alla morte di Cola di Rienzo e al successivo vilipendio del cadavere da parte della folla che prima lo osannava.
      A very notorious passage is the one about Cola di Rienzo's death and the following vilification of the corpse by the crowd who used to acclaim him.

Portuguese

Verb

vilipendio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biliˈpendjo/
  • Audio (Chile):(file)
  • Rhymes: -endjo
  • Syllabification: vi‧li‧pen‧dio

Verb

vilipendio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar