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Etymology

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From Latin cruentus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kruˈɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: cru‧èn‧to

Adjective

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cruento (feminine cruenta, masculine plural cruenti, feminine plural cruente, superlative cruentissimo)

  1. bloody, gory

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From cruentus (bloody) +‎ .

Verb

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cruentō (present infinitive cruentāre, perfect active cruentāvī, supine cruentātum); first conjugation

  1. to make bloody; to stain with blood
  2. (figuratively) to stain, pollute
  3. (figuratively) to dye red
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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cruentō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cruentus

References

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  • cruento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cruento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cruento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cruentus (bloody).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾwento/ [ˈkɾwẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: cruen‧to

Adjective

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cruento (feminine cruenta, masculine plural cruentos, feminine plural cruentas)

  1. bloody
    Synonyms: sangriento, sanguinolento
    Antonym: incruento
    • 2020 November 29, Ana Carbajosa, “Los ultras alemanes de AfD se desgarran en luchas internas durante un congreso con medio millar de asistentes”, in El País[1], retrieved 2020-11-29:
      La división de un partido en el que conviven dos almas y que se desgarra fruto de una cruenta lucha por el poder, quedó al descubierto en Kalkar, en el oeste de Alemania.
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