violento

See also: violentó and violentò

Asturian

Adjective

violento

1. neuter of violentu

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vioˈlento/

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: vi‧o‧len‧to

Noun

violento (uncountable, accusative violenton)

1. violence

Related terms

• violenta
• violente

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).

Adjective

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas)

1. violent

Derived terms

• violentamente

Related terms

• violencia

Further reading

• “violento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English violence, French violence, Spanish violencia and Italian violenza. From violenta +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlen.to/

Noun

violento (uncountable)

1. violence

Related terms

• violenta
• violentar
• violentema
• violenteso
• violentoza

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlɛn.to/, /vjoˈlɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lèn‧to, vio‧lèn‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

Adjective

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violenti, feminine plural violente, superlative violentissimo)

1. violent

Derived terms

• violentamente
• violentare

Related terms

• violenza

Noun

violento m (plural violenti, feminine violenta)

1. violent person

Etymology 2

Verb

violento

1. first-person singular present indicative of violentare

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• notevoli

Latin

Adjective

violentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of violentus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.tu/ [vɪ.oˈlẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.tu/ [vɪ.oˈlẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.to/ [vɪ.oˈlẽ.to], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vjuˈlẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vjuˈlẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bjuˈlẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧len‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).

Adjective

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas, comparable, comparative mais violento, superlative o mais violento or violentíssimo, diminutive violentinho)

1. violent (involving extreme force or motion)

   Synonym: agitado

2. violent (involving physical conflict)
3. violent (likely to use physical force)

   Synonym: agressivo

   Antonym: calmo

4. (of a death) caused by aggression or accident; not natural

   Antonym: natural

Related terms

• violência
• violentação
• violentado
• violentador
• violentamente
• violentar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

violento

1. first-person singular present indicative of violentar

Further reading

• “violento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “violento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s

Proto-Italic *wīs

Latin vīs

Latin violō

Latin -entus

Latin violentusbor.

Spanish violento

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈlento/ [bjoˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: vio‧len‧to

Adjective

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas, superlative violentísimo)

1. violent

Derived terms

• violentamente

Related terms

• violencia
• violentar

Verb

violento

1. first-person singular present indicative of violentar

Further reading

• “violento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025