miliciano

Esperanto

Etymology

From milicio +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [milit͡siˈano]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧ci‧a‧no

Noun

miliciano (accusative singular milicianon, plural milicianoj, accusative plural milicianojn)

1. member of a militia

Portuguese

Etymology

From milícia +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.li.siˈɐ̃.nu/ [mi.li.sɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /mi.liˈsjɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.li.siˈɐ̃.nu/ [mi.li.sɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /mi.liˈsjɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.li.siˈɐ.no/ [mi.li.sɪˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /mi.liˈsjɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.liˈsjɐ.nu/, (proscribed) /mi.liˈsjɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.liˈsjɐ.nu/, (proscribed) /mi.liˈsjɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.liˈsja.nu/, (proscribed) /mi.liˈsja.nu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧ci‧a‧no

Noun

miliciano m (plural milicianos, feminine miliciana, feminine plural milicianas)

1. (military) militiaman (member of a militia)
2. (Brazil) a member of any of a number of Mafia-like groups that control slums in Rio de Janeiro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /miliˈθjano/ [mi.liˈθja.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /miliˈsjano/ [mi.liˈsja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧cia‧no

Adjective

miliciano (feminine miliciana, masculine plural milicianos, feminine plural milicianas)

1. (relational) militia

Noun

miliciano m (plural milicianos, feminine miliciana, feminine plural milicianas)

1. militiaman, militiawoman
   • 1977 April 14, “Federico Fellini: “No sé qué significa ser un monstruo sagrado””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Qué raro... ahora en mis recuerdos parece que él un fascista, llevaba una gran boina, como en las fotos que más tarde de los milicianos republicanos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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