vilipendio

See also: vilipendió

Catalan

Verb

vilipendio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vilipendium, from the verb vilipendo (whence also vilipendere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.liˈpɛn.djo/
• Rhymes: -ɛndjo
• Hyphenation: vi‧li‧pèn‧dio

Noun

vilipendio m (plural vilipendi)

1. (law) public insult, public defamation
2. vilification, scorn
   • 2021 February, Luca Serianni, Le mille lingue di Roma, Castelvecchi, →ISBN, pages 20–21:

     Un passaggio molto noto è quello dedicato alla morte di Cola di Rienzo e al successivo vilipendio del cadavere da parte della folla che prima lo osannava.

     A very notorious passage is the one about Cola di Rienzo's death and the following vilification of the corpse by the crowd who used to acclaim him.

Related terms

• vilipendere

Portuguese

Verb

vilipendio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biliˈpendjo/ [bi.liˈpẽn̪.d̪jo]

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• Rhymes: -endjo
• Syllabification: vi‧li‧pen‧dio

Verb

vilipendio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar