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Asturian
Adjective
violento
- neuter of violentu
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vioˈlento/
- Hyphenation: vio‧len‧to
Noun
violento (uncountable, accusative violenton)
- violence
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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).
Adjective
violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas)
- violent
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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English violence, French violence, Spanish violencia and Italian violenza. From violenta + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
violento (uncountable)
- violence
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.oˈlɛn.to/, /vjoˈlɛn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lèn‧to, vio‧lèn‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin violentus.
Adjective
violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violenti, feminine plural violente, superlative violentissimo)
- violent
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Noun
violento m (plural violenti, feminine violenta)
- violent person
Etymology 2
Verb
violento
- first-person singular present indicative of violentare
References
Further reading
- violento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
violentō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of violentus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.tu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.to/ , (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.to/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).
Adjective
violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas, comparable, comparative mais violento, superlative o mais violento or violentíssimo, diminutive violentinho)
- violent (involving extreme force or motion)
- Synonym: agitado
- violent (involving physical conflict)
- violent (likely to use physical force)
- Synonym: agressivo
- Antonym: calmo
- (of a death) caused by aggression or accident; not natural
- Antonym: natural
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
violento
- first-person singular present indicative of violentar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin violentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjoˈlento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: vio‧len‧to
Adjective
violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas, superlative violentísimo)
- violent
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
violento
- first-person singular present indicative of violentar
Further reading