vetusto

From Latin vetustus.

• IPA^(key): /veˈtus.to/
• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: ve‧tù‧sto

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)

1. (literary) ancient, old
   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 124–126; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto
     di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi
     raccomandò di questo fior venusto.

     On the right you see that ancient father of Holy Church, to whom Christ entrusted the keys of this beautiful flower.

• vecchio
• veterano
• vetustà
• vieto
• vietume

vetustō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vetustus

Learned borrowing from Latin vetustus (“ancient”), from vetus (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. ancient

   Synonyms: antigo, velho, arcaico

   Antonyms: novo, recente

2. whose age must be respected
3. dilapidated by age

   Synonym: desgastado

4. antiquated

   Synonyms: antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto

   Antonyms: moderno, atual

Borrowed from Latin vetustus.

• IPA^(key): /beˈtusto/ [beˈt̪us.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -usto
• Syllabification: ve‧tus‧to

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. old, ancient, age-old

• viejo
• anciano
• antigo

• “vetusto”, 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