portento
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editportento m (plural portenti)
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editLatin
editParticiple
editportentō
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”). Compare English portend, portent with similar meaning.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: por‧ten‧to
Noun
editportento m (plural portentos)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).
Noun
editportento m (plural portentos)
- wonder, marvel
- something wonderful or amazing
- a sight to behold
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “portento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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