extremo

From Latin extremus.

• IPA^(key): /eksˈtɾemo/ [eks̺ˈt̪ɾe.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mo

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

1. extreme

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   Communism has extreme contempt for traditional moral values.

• extremamente
• extremismo
• extremista

extremo m (plural extremos)

1. extreme, end

• extremidade

• “extremo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈstreː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈst̪rɛː.mo]

extrēmō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of extrēmus

extrēmō

1. dative/ablative singular of extrēmus

• “extremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) at the end of the year: exeunte, extremo anno
    
  • (ambiguous) to touch with the fingertips: extremis digitis aliquid attingere
    
  • (ambiguous) to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    
  • (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
    

Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmus.

• Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mo

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

1. extreme

extremo m (plural extremos)

1. extreme
   1. end, the extreme part of an object
   2. (figurative) an extreme view or attitude
2. (Portugal, sports) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:extremo.

• extremidade

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɛmu
• Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mo

extremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of extremar

• “extremo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈtɾemo/ [eɣ̞sˈt̪ɾe.mo]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification: ex‧tre‧mo

From Latin extremus.

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

1. extreme, dire
   • 2023 November 23, Radina Gigova, “El populista de extrema derecha Wilders logra una importante victoria en las elecciones en Países Bajos, según sondeo a pie de urna”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Los Países Bajos amanecieron este jueves con una victoria inesperada del populista holandés de extrema derecha anti-UE Geert Wilders y su Partido de la Libertad (PVV), una victoria prevista que provocó ondas de choque en los Países Bajos y podría tener repercusiones en toda Europa y más allá.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

extremo m (plural extremos)

1. extreme
2. end

   Synonyms: fin, cabo

extremo m (plural extremos, feminine extrema, feminine plural extremas)

1. (soccer) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)

   Synonym: volante (Peru, Chile)

extremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of extremar

• “extremo”, 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