contubernio
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.tuˈber.ni.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪ʊˈbɛrnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.tuˈber.ni.o/, [kon̪t̪uˈbɛrnio]
Noun
editcontuberniō
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin contubernium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcontubernio m (plural contubernios)
- collusion, conspiracy
- 2015 October 5, “Passos Coelho, el hombre que acabó con ‘la casta’ portuguesa”, in El País[1]:
- Quizás por todo ello, el primer ministro no movió un dedo para seguir manteniendo artificialmente el imperio Espírito Santo y su contubernio con el poder político de Sócrates y la maquinaria de Portugal Telecom.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- cohabitation
Further reading
edit- “contubernio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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