truculento

Galician

Etymology

From Latin truculentus.

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculentos, feminine plural truculentas)

1. gruesome, horrifying

Related terms

• truculencia

Further reading

• “truculento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin truculentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: tru‧cu‧lèn‧to

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculenti, feminine plural truculente)

1. truculent, grim, cruel
2. gruesome

Related terms

• truculenza

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

truculentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of truculentus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin truculentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾu.kuˈlẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: tru‧cu‧len‧to

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculentos, feminine plural truculentas)

1. truculent; fierce; savage

Related terms

• truculência

Further reading

• “truculento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).

Adjective

truculento (feminine truculenta, masculine plural truculentos, feminine plural truculentas)

1. truculent, cruel, savage
2. deadly, destructive

Related terms

• truculencia

 

Further reading

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