portento
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
portento m (plural portenti)
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
portentō
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”). Compare English portend, portent with similar meaning.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: por‧ten‧to
Noun[edit]
portento m (plural portentos)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).
Noun[edit]
portento m (plural portentos)
- wonder, marvel
- something wonderful or amazing
- a sight to behold
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “portento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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