carnífice

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificem (“butcher”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/ [kaɦˈni.fi.si]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾˈni.fi.si/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻˈni.fi.se/

  • Hyphenation: car‧ní‧fi‧ce

Noun

carnífice m or f by sense (plural carnífices)

  1. (archaic) executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)
    Synonyms: carrasco, algoz, verdugo
  2. (literary) a cruel and violent person
    Synonym: carrasco

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carnificem (“butcher”).

Pronunciation

Noun

carnífice m (plural carnífices)

  1. (obsolete) executioner
    Synonym: verdugo

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