testimonio

From Latin American Spanish testimonio (“testimony”).

testimonio (plural testimonios)

1. (sociology) A first-hand account of politically charged experiences; an oral history narrative.
   • 1988, Sommer D. "Not Just a Personal Story: Women’s Testimonios and the Plural Self". In: Schenck C, Brodzki B Life/Lines: Theoretical Essays on Women’s Autobiography. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
   • 1989 (Spring), John Beverley "The Margin at the Center: On Testimonio (Testimonial Narrative)" MFS Modern Fiction Studies Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 11-28 doi:10.1353/mfs.0.0923

• Common in feminist and postmodern academic discourse.

testimonio

1. first-person singular present indicative of testimoniar

• IPA^(key): /tes.tiˈmɔ.njo/
• Rhymes: -ɔnjo
• Hyphenation: te‧sti‧mò‧nio

From Latin testimōnium, derived from testis.

testimonio m (plural testimoni, feminine testimonia) (archaic)

1. (law) testimony (statements made by a witness in court)

   Synonym: testimonianza

2. evidence, proof

   Synonym: prova

3. assertion, declaration, statement

   Synonyms: asserzione, dichiarazione

4. manifestation, sign

   Synonyms: manifestazione, segno

5. witness (one who sees or has personal knowledge of something)

   Synonym: testimone

6. (law) witness (one called to give evidence in a court)
7. (law) witness (one called upon to witness an event or action)
8. one that, through their authority on a subject matter, guarantees or confirms the truthfulness of a statement or hypothesis
9. (rare) living proof
10. (rare, bibliography) any manuscript or printed book through which a text has been transmitted
11. (geology) core (cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling)

    Synonym: carota

12. (historical, bibliography, very rare) any text written in the first pages of a book, with the purpose of presenting or praising the author or the work

testimonio (feminine testimonia, masculine plural testimoni, feminine plural testimonie) (very rare)

1. that demonstrates or proves (a physical phenomenon)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

testimonio

1. first-person singular present indicative of testimoniare

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

• monoteisti, neotomisti

testimōniō

1. dative/ablative singular of testimōnium

• IPA^(key): /testiˈmonjo/ [t̪es.t̪iˈmo.njo]
• Rhymes: -onjo
• Syllabification: tes‧ti‧mo‧nio

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

testimonio m (plural testimonios)

1. testimony

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

testimonio

1. first-person singular present indicative of testimoniar

• “testimonio”, 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