eunuco
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eunuco m (plural eunuchi)
Further reading edit
- eunuco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uku
- Hyphenation: eu‧nu‧co
Adjective edit
eunuco (feminine eunuca, masculine plural eunucos, feminine plural eunucas)
- castrated
- 1981, Fernando Pettinati, Antônio Camano, 18:41 from the start, in Feira da Fruta (VHS), spoken by Batman (Fernando Pettinati), São Paulo, reddubing of He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul:
- Não adianta, Coringa. Antes de sair da Batcaverna, eu tirei meu pinto fora. Eu não tenho pinto, não sei se vocês sabem disso. Eu sou eunuco!
- It's no use, Joker. Before leaving the Batcave, I took my dick out. I have no dick, if you don't know that. I'm castrated!
- (figuratively, derogatory) sterile
- (figuratively, derogatory) useless
Noun edit
eunuco m (plural eunucos)
- eunuch (castrated human male)
- (historical) eunuch (castrated man who was entrusted with the care of the women in the harem)
- (figuratively, derogatory) man unable to procreate
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eunuco m (plural eunucos)
Further reading edit
- “eunuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014