prurito

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English pruritus, French prurit, Italian prurito, Spanish prurito, ultimately from Latin prūrītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pru.ˈri.to/, /pɾu.ˈɾi.tɔ/

Noun

prurito (plural pruriti)

1. itch, itching
2. (medicine) pruritus

Derived terms

• pruritar (“to itch”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin prūrītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pruˈri.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: pru‧rì‧to

Noun

prurito m (plural pruriti)

1. itch (all senses)
2. (pathology) pruritus

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• putrirò

Latin

Verb

prūrītō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of prūriō

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prurītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾuˈɾito/ [pɾuˈɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pru‧ri‧to

Noun

prurito m (plural pruritos)

1. (pathology, dated) pruritus, itching

   Synonym: picor

2. perfectionism
3. desire; fancy; itching

   tener el prurito de hacer algo

   to be itching to do something

   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los trabajos y los días”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Tenía el prurito del movimiento, era un goloso visual, entraba en éxtasis frente a la mercadería por el dinero que representaba.

     He had a fancy for movement, was a visual glutton, and got delighted at the sight of the merchandise due to the money it represented.

Related terms

• pruriginoso

 

Further reading

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