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vetusto

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vetustus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /veˈtu.sto/
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: ve‧tù‧sto

Adjective edit

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)

  1. (literary) ancient, old
    • c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[1], lines 124–126; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto
      di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi
      raccomandò di questo fior venusto.
      On the right you see that ancient father of Holy Church, to whom Christ entrusted the keys of this beautiful flower.

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Latin edit

Adjective edit

vetustō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vetustus

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin vetustus (“ancient”), from vetus (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).

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Adjective edit

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

  1. ancient
    Synonyms: antigo, velho, arcaico
    Antonyms: novo, recente
  2. whose age must be respected
  3. dilapidated by age
    Synonym: desgastado
  4. antiquated
    Synonyms: antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto
    Antonyms: moderno, atual

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin vetustus.

Adjective edit

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

  1. old, ancient, age-old

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