vendetta

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Italian vendetta.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: vɛnˈdɛɾə, vənˈdɛɾə

Noun

vendetta (plural vendettas)

1. A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

Translations

bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged

• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仇殺 (cmn), 仇杀 (cmn) (chóushā)

• Czech: vendeta (cs) f
• Finnish: verikosto (fi)
• French: vendetta (fr) f
• German: Blutfehde (de) f, Vendetta (de) f
• Greek: βεντέτα (el) (vendéta) f
• Icelandic: blóðhefnd (is)
• Italian: vendetta (it) f
• Japanese: 確執 (ja) (かくしつ, kakushitsu), フェーデ (ja) (fēde)

• Kurdish: xwîndarî (ku) f
• Malay: dendam (ms)
• Persian: دشمنی خونی (fa) (došmani-e xuni)
• Polish: wendeta (pl) f, wróżda (pl) f
• Portuguese: rivalidade (pt) f
• Russian: кровная месть (ru) (króvnaja mestʹ) f, вендетта (ru) (vendétta) f, вражда (ru) (vraždá) f (feud)
• Scottish Gaelic: falachd f
• Slovak: vendeta (sk) f
• Spanish: vendetta (es) f, venganza de sangre (es) f
• Turkish: kan davası (tr)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”), from vindico (“claim, vindicate”), from vindex (“defender”), -ive.

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendette)

1. revenge, vengeance