vendetta

See also: Vendetta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛnˈdɛtə/, [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.
2. (often preceded by personal) A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

Derived terms

• vendettist

Translations

bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged

• Albanian: gjakmarrje (sq) f
• Armenian: արյան վրիժառություն (aryan vrižaṙutʻyun), վենդետա (hy) (vendeta)
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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仇殺／仇杀 (zh) (chóushā), 仇杀 (zh) (chóushā), 相互仇殺／相互仇杀, 相互仇杀 (xiānghù chóushā)

• Czech: vendeta (cs) f, krevní msta m
• Danish: blodhævn c
• Dutch: vete (nl) f or m, vendetta (nl) f or m, bloedwraak (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: venĝiro
• Estonian: vendeta, veritasu
• Finnish: verikosto (fi)
• French: vendetta (fr) f
• Georgian: სისხლის აღება (sisxlis aɣeba), ვენდეტა (vendeṭa)
• German: Blutfehde f, Vendetta (de) f
• Greek: βεντέτα (el) f (ventéta)
• Hungarian: vérbosszú (hu)
• Icelandic: blóðhefnd f
• Ido: vendetta (io)
• Italian: faida (it) f
• Japanese: 確執 (ja) (かくしつ, kakushitsu), フェーデ (fēde)
• Kannada: ಕಡುಹಗೆತನ (kn) (kaḍuhagetana), ಮನೆತನದ ಹಗೆತನ (kn) (manetanada hagetana)
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• Kurdish: , , , ,
• Malay: balas (ms)
• Malayalam: ബന്ധുഹത്യാപ്രതികാരം (bandhuhatyāpratikāraṁ)
• Nogai: карым (karım)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blodhevn m

• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: دشمنی خونی (došmani-e xuni), کین‌خواهی (kin-xâhi)
• Polish: wendeta f, wróżda (pl) f, zemsta (pl) f
• Portuguese: rivalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: vendetă (ro) f
• Russian: кро́вная месть f (króvnaja mestʹ), венде́тта (ru) f (vendétta), вражда́ (ru) f (vraždá) (feud)
• Scottish Gaelic: falachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: vendeta (sh) f
• Slovak: vendeta f
• Spanish: vendetta (es) f, venganza de sangre f, venganza (es) f
• Swedish: vendetta (sv) c, blodshämnd c
• Tagalog: higanti
• Tamil: பரம்பரைப்பகை (paramparaippakai)
• Turkish: kan davası (tr)
• Venetian: vendéta f
• Vietnamese: thù máu

personal grudge

• Japanese: 私怨 (ja) (しえん, shien), 私恨 (しこん, shikon), 私憤 (ja) (しふん, shifun)
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French

Alternative forms

• vendette (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta, from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicte, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.dɛ.ta/ ~ /vɑ̃.de.ta/, /vɑ̃.de.ta/

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendettas)

1. vendetta

Further reading

• “vendetta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /venˈdet.ta/, [ven̪ˈd̪et̪ːä]
• Hyphenation: ven‧dét‧ta

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendette)

1. revenge, vengeance

Derived terms

• la vendetta è un piatto che va servito freddo

Related terms

• vendicarsi
• vendicatore
• vendicativo

See also

• faida
• ripicca

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicta, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ben̪ˈd̪et̪.t̪a/

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendettas)

1. revenge, vengeance