asesino
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See also: asesinó
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn).
Cognate with Italian assassino, French assassin.
Adjective[edit]
asesino (feminine asesina, masculine plural asesinos, feminine plural asesinas)
- murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)
- Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
asesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas)
- murderer, killer (person who commits murder)
- Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
- assassin
- traitor
- Synonym: traidor
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
asesino
Further reading[edit]
- “asesino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014