pederasta
Catalan
Noun
pederasta m (plural pederastes)
Italian
Alternative forms
- pederaste (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.deˈras.ta/
- Rhymes: -asta
- Hyphenation: pe‧de‧rà‧sta
Noun
pederasta m (plural pederasti)
- pederast
- (dated) homosexual man
- Synonym: omosessuale
- 1971, Lucio Dalla, “Il colonello”:
- L'elenco ce l'ho: i disfattisti, i comunisti, i pederasti!
- I have the list: the defeatists, the communists, the homosexuals!
Related terms
Further reading
- pederasta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “pederasta”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 12 orad–pere, UTET, 1984, page 922f.
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.dɛˈras.ta/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -asta
- Syllabification: pe‧de‧ras‧ta
Noun
pederasta m pers
- (now derogatory) gay man
- Synonyms: gej, homoseksualista, pedał, ciota
- (historical) pederast
- Synonyms: efebofil, pedofil
Declension
Declension of pederasta
Derived terms
noun
- pederastka
Related terms
adjective
- pederastyczny
noun
Further reading
- pederasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pederasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.deˈɾas.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pe.deˈɾaʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.deˈɾas.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.dɨˈɾaʃ.tɐ/ [pɨ.ðɨˈɾaʃ.tɐ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧de‧ras‧ta
Noun
pederasta m (plural pederastas)
- pederast (man who is engaged in a sexual relationship with an adolescent boy)
- (by extension, derogatory) male homosexual [1]
Further reading
- “pederasta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
References
- ^ Houaiss, Antônio, Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001) Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 2163
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pedeˈɾasta/ [pe.ð̞eˈɾas.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -asta
- Syllabification: pe‧de‧ras‧ta
Noun
pederasta m or f by sense (plural pederastas)
- pederast (man), korephile (woman)
- child molester
Usage notes
- In Spanish, pederasta refers to an adult person who commits sexual abuse with against a child or children, whereas pedófilo refers to an adult person who only feels erotic or sexual attraction for children (regardless of gender), even if he doesn't abuse them.[1]
Further reading
- “pederasta”, 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