vendetta

English

Etymology

From Italian vendetta.

Noun

Wikipedia 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

Chinese: Mandarin: 仇殺 (zh), 仇杀 (zh) (chóushā) Finnish: verikosto (fi) French: vendetta (fr) f. German: Blutfehde (de) f. Greek: βεντέτα (el) (vendéta) f. Icelandic: blóðhefnd

Italian: vendetta (it) f. Kurdish: xwîndarî (ku) f. Portuguese: rivalidade (pt) f. Russian: кровная месть (ru) (króvnaja mest') f., вендетта (ru) (vendétta) f. Scottish Gaelic: falachd 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