siniestro
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestro.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
siniestro (feminine singular siniestra, masculine plural siniestros, feminine plural siniestras)
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Descendants edit
- Spanish: siniestro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish siniestro, from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Compare Portuguese sestro.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
siniestro (feminine siniestra, masculine plural siniestros, feminine plural siniestras)
- sinister
- unhappy
- malicious, evil
- Synonyms: avieso, malintencionado
- (dated) left, left-hand (direction)
- (heraldry) sinister, sinistral
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Noun edit
siniestro m (plural siniestros)
- accident
- catastrophe, disaster
- Synonyms: catástrofe, desastre
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References edit
Further reading edit
- “siniestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014