asesino

• IPA^(key): /aseˈsino/ [a.seˈsi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: a‧se‧si‧no

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn).

Cognate with Italian assassino, French assassin.

asesino (feminine asesina, masculine plural asesinos, feminine plural asesinas)

1. murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)

   Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario

asesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas)

1. murderer, killer (person who commits murder)

   Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario

2. assassin
3. traitor

   Synonym: traidor

asesino

1. first-person singular present indicative of asesinar

• “asesino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024