virulento

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vīrulentus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ruˈlɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ru‧lèn‧to

Adjective

virulento (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulenti, feminine plural virulente)

  1. (biology, pathology) virulent
  2. virulent, bitter, acrimonious

Further reading

  • virulento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • virulento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • virulento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • virulento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • virulento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

vīrulentō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vīrulentus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin vīrulentus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ɾuˈlẽ.to/
 

  • Hyphenation: vi‧ru‧len‧to

Adjective

virulento (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulentos, feminine plural virulentas)

  1. (medicine, microbiology) virulent
  2. synonym of rancoroso

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vīrulentus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biɾuˈlento/ [bi.ɾuˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: vi‧ru‧len‧to

Adjective

virulento (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulentos, feminine plural virulentas)

  1. virulent

Further reading

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