infierno

From Latin īnfernum, neuter form of īnfernus (“of the lower regions”). Compare Dalmatian infiarn.

infierno m

1. hell
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:

     Là drento xì l’infierno naturale.

     But inside it is natural hell.

From Latin īnfernum.

• IPA^(key): [ĩɱˈɸjeɾ.no]

infierno m (plural infiernos)

1. (biblical) Sheol, the Hebrew term for the underworld; hell.
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r. a.

     e dẏxo decédre / al infierno dolorioſo ſo por mẏo / fijo.

     And he said: "I shall descend to hell unto my son in mourning."

   • Idem, 8r.

     e ſi perdiere a beniamin deſcen / dre en mi ueieza enel ífierno. e / plorar lo he ẏ.

     And should I lose Benjamin I will descend to hell, in my old age, and I shall mourn him there.

• Spanish: infierno

From Old Spanish infierno, from Latin īnfernum, neuter form of īnfernus (“of the lower regions”), based on īnferus (“low”).

• IPA^(key): /inˈfjer.no/, [iɱˈfjeɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -eɾno

infierno m (plural infiernos)

1. hell

• infernal