facineroso

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fa.kɪ.nɛˈroː.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fa.t͡ʃi.neˈrɔː.s̬o]

facinerōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of facinerōsus

From Latin facinerōsus.

• IPA^(key): /faθineˈɾoso/ [fa.θi.neˈɾo.so] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fasineˈɾoso/ [fa.si.neˈɾo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fa‧ci‧ne‧ro‧so

facineroso (feminine facinerosa, masculine plural facinerosos, feminine plural facinerosas)

1. criminal; evil
   • 1882, José Zorrilla, La leyenda del Cid:

     […] Que había obrado con sus yernos
     como hombre facineroso
     y felón,

     Which he had forged with his sons-in-law
     like an evil man

   • 1631, Francisco de Quevedo, Política de Dios y gobierno de Cristo:

     tiene la suficiencia en la atrocidad facinerosa.

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facineroso m (plural facinerosos, feminine facinerosa, feminine plural facinerosas)

1. criminal, especially a habitual criminal

• “facineroso”, 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