pentito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/

Noun

pentito (plural pentiti)

1. A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso. [from 20th c.]
   • 2007, Roberto Saviano, Virginia Jewiss, transl., Gomorrah, Pan, published 2017, page 50:

     According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.

Further reading

• pentito on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• in petto, neti pot

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈti.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: pen‧tì‧to

Participle

pentito (feminine pentita, masculine plural pentiti, feminine plural pentite)

1. past participle of pentirsi

Noun

pentito m (plural pentiti)

1. one who repents
2. (crime) a criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant. Used mostly in reference to ex-Mafiosi

Anagrams

• pettino, pettinò, potenti

Spanish

Noun

pentito m (plural pentitos)

1. pentito