promontorio

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin prōmunturium.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pro.monˈtɔ.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjo
  • Hyphenation: pro‧mon‧tò‧rio

Noun[edit]

promontorio m (plural promontori)

  1. promontory (both senses)
  2. (meteorology) ridge

Further reading[edit]

  • promontorio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

prōmontoriō

  1. dative/ablative singular of prōmontorium

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

promontorio m (plural promontorios)

  1. Obsolete spelling of promontório

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin promontorium.

Noun[edit]

promontorio m (plural promontorios)

  1. promontory, headland
    • 2015 September 25, “La caza del león”, in El País[1]:
      Las hembras y los cachorros descansan saciados y relajados en los promontorios rocosos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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