asesino
See also: asesinó
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn).
Cognate with Italian assassino, French assassin.
Adjective
editasesino (feminine asesina, masculine plural asesinos, feminine plural asesinas)
- murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)
- Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
Derived terms
editNoun
editasesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas)
- murderer, killer (person who commits murder)
- Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario
- assassin
- traitor
- Synonym: traidor
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editasesino
Further reading
edit- “asesino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014