pacifico

English

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

pacifico (plural pacificos)

  1. (historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
    • Harper's Weekly
      While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.fi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ifiko
  • Hyphenation: pa‧cì‧fi‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pacificus.

Adjective

pacifico (feminine pacifica, masculine plural pacifici, feminine plural pacifiche)

  1. peaceable, peaceful
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pacifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificare

Further reading

  • pacifico1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

    From pāx (peace) +‎ -ficō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    pācificō (present infinitive pācificāre, perfect active pācificāvī, supine pācificātum); first conjugation

    1. (intransitive) to make, negotiate or arrange peace
    2. (transitive) to pacify, appease, placate

    Conjugation

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Through Vulgar Latin:

    • Catalan: apaivagar
    • Portuguese: paziguar, apaziguar
    • Spanish: apaciguar

    Romance borrowings:

    Non-Romance borrowings:

    References

    • pacifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • pacifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • pacifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Verb

    pacifico

    1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificar

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /paθiˈfiko/ [pa.θiˈfi.ko] (Spain)
    • IPA(key): /pasiˈfiko/ [pa.siˈfi.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
    • Rhymes: -iko
    • Syllabification: pa‧ci‧fi‧co

    Verb

    pacifico

    1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificar