assassinato
Italian
Participle
assassinato (feminine assassinata, masculine plural assassinati, feminine plural assassinate)
- past participle of assassinare
Portuguese
Etymology
From assassino (“assassin”) + -ato, from Italian assassino, from Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sa.siˈna.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sa.siˈna.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɐ.siˈna.tu/
- Hyphenation: as‧sas‧si‧na‧to
Noun
assassinato m (plural assassinatos)
- murder (unlawful premeditated killing of one person by another)
- Synonyms: assassínio, homicídio qualificado
- assassination (murder of an important figure)
- Synonym: magnicídio
Usage notes
- Not a legal term. Used in day-to-day contexts to refer to what is defined by law as homicídio qualificado (literally, “qualified homicide”).