virulento
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin vīrulentus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
virulento (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulenti, feminine plural virulente)
- (biology, pathology) virulent
- virulent, bitter, acrimonious
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- virulento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- virulento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- virulento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- virulento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- virulento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iː.ruˈlen.toː/, [u̯iːrʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vi.ruˈlen.to/, [viruˈlɛn̪t̪o]
Adjective edit
vīrulentō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin vīrulentus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vi‧ru‧len‧to
Adjective edit
virulento (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulentos, feminine plural virulentas)
- (medicine, microbiology) virulent
- Synonym of rancoroso
Further reading edit
- “virulento” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “virulento” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “virulento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “virulento” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “virulento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin vīrulentus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
virulento (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulentos, feminine plural virulentas)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “virulento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014