vetusto
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veˈtus.to/, [veˈt̪us̪t̪o]
- Rhymes: -usto
- Stress: vetùsto
- Hyphenation: ve‧tu‧sto
Adjective
vetusto (feminine singular vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)
- (literary) ancient, old
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, page 575-576:
- […] dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto ¶ di di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi ¶ raccomandò di questo fior venusto.
- […] upon the right thou seest that ancient father ¶ of Holy Church, into whose keeping Christ ¶ the keys committed of this lovely flower.
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Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vetustus (“ancient”), from vetus (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).
Pronunciation
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.ˈtus.to/
Adjective
vetusto m (feminine singular vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas, comparable)
- ancient
- whose age must be respected
- dilapidated by age
- antiquated
Synonyms
- (ancient): antigo, velho, arcaico
- (dilapidated by age): desgastado
- (antiquated): antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto
Spanish
Derived terms
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