victimario
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪk.tɪˈmaː.ri.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vik.t̪iˈmaː.ri.o]
Adjective
victimāriō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of victimārius
Noun
victimāriō
- dative/ablative singular of victimārius
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin victimārius (literally “pertaining to victims”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biɡtiˈmaɾjo/ [biɣ̞.t̪iˈma.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: vic‧ti‧ma‧rio
Noun
victimario m (plural victimarios, feminine victimaria, feminine plural victimarias)
- killer, homicide
- 2015 July 11, “El Papa visita el infierno de Bolivia”, in El País[1]:
- Sentimos en ellos el signo contradictorio de ser víctimas y victimarios, la evidencia de una sociedad que produce pobreza, desigualdades y violencia”.
- We feel in them the contradictory sign of being victims and offenders, the evidence of a society that produces poverty, inequalities and violence”.
Further reading
- “victimario”, 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