converso

See also: conversó and conversò

English

Etymology

From Spanish converso. Doublet of converse.

Noun

converso (plural conversos)

1. (history) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
   • 2007 January 20, Sam Roberts, “New Favor for a Name That Straddles Cultures”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Guillermina Jasso, a sociology professor at New York University, said Angel was “evocative of the old converso practice of taking on very Christian surnames as a way of survival in a suspicious environment.”

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, pages 672–3:

     In the Inquisition's terms, both were automatically suspect by the fact that their families were conversos, and they might be seen as emerging from that maelstrom of religious energy released by the religious realignment of Spain in the 1490s.

See also

• converso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Conovers

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈbɛr.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱˈvɛr.so]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [koɱˈvɛɾ.so]

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Galician

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧so

Etymology 1

Verb

converso

1. second-person singular present indicative of conversare

Etymology 2

Participle

converso (feminine conversa, masculine plural conversi, feminine plural converse)

1. past participle of convergere

Related terms

• per converso

Anagrams

• conservo, conservò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯er.soː/, [kɔnˈu̯ɛrs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈver.so/, [koɱˈvɛrso]

Etymology 1

From convertō +‎ -tō, with *-t-t- across morpheme boundaries changed by a regular morphophonological rule into *-s-s-, which is changed by a regular phonological rule into simple -s- after a consonant (see the usage notes at -tus for more), as in the perfect passive participle conversus.

Verb

conversō (present infinitive conversāre, perfect active conversāvī, supine conversātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to turn around or over

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the more common deponent verb conversor.

Conjugation

Conjugation of conversō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conversō	conversās	conversat	conversāmus	conversātis	conversant
	imperfect	conversābam	conversābās	conversābat	conversābāmus	conversābātis	conversābant
	future	conversābō	conversābis	conversābit	conversābimus	conversābitis	conversābunt
	perfect	conversāvī	conversāvistī	conversāvit	conversāvimus	conversāvistis	conversāvērunt, conversāvēre
	pluperfect	conversāveram	conversāverās	conversāverat	conversāverāmus	conversāverātis	conversāverant
	future perfect	conversāverō	conversāveris	conversāverit	conversāverimus	conversāveritis	conversāverint
passive	present	conversor	conversāris, conversāre	conversātur	conversāmur	conversāminī	conversantur
	imperfect	conversābar	conversābāris, conversābāre	conversābātur	conversābāmur	conversābāminī	conversābantur
	future	conversābor	conversāberis, conversābere	conversābitur	conversābimur	conversābiminī	conversābuntur
	perfect	conversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conversem	conversēs	converset	conversēmus	conversētis	conversent
	imperfect	conversārem	conversārēs	conversāret	conversārēmus	conversārētis	conversārent
	perfect	conversāverim	conversāverīs	conversāverit	conversāverīmus	conversāverītis	conversāverint
	pluperfect	conversāvissem	conversāvissēs	conversāvisset	conversāvissēmus	conversāvissētis	conversāvissent
passive	present	converser	conversēris, conversēre	conversētur	conversēmur	conversēminī	conversentur
	imperfect	conversārer	conversārēris, conversārēre	conversārētur	conversārēmur	conversārēminī	conversārentur
	perfect	conversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	conversā	—	—	conversāte	—
	future	—	conversātō	conversātō	—	conversātōte	conversantō
passive	present	—	conversāre	—	—	conversāminī	—
	future	—	conversātor	conversātor	—	—	conversantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		conversāre	conversāvisse	conversātūrum esse	conversārī	conversātum esse	conversātum īrī
participles		conversāns	—	conversātūrus	—	conversātus	conversandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		conversandī	conversandō	conversandum	conversandō	conversātum	conversātū

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

conversō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conversus

References

• “converso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “converso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• converso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.su/ [kõˈvɛh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.su/ [kõˈvɛh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.su/ [kõˈvɛχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɻ.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈbɛɾ.su/

Etymology 1

Noun

converso m (plural conversos, feminine conversa, feminine plural conversas)

1. converso

Etymology 2

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈbeɾso/ [kõmˈbeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: con‧ver‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin conversus.

Noun

converso m (plural conversos, feminine conversa, feminine plural conversas)

1. convert; converso

Descendants

• → English: converso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Further reading

• “converso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014