infausto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfaustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfaw.sto/
  • Rhymes: -awsto
  • Hyphenation: in‧fàu‧sto

Adjective

infausto (feminine infausta, masculine plural infausti, feminine plural infauste)

  1. unhappy
  2. inauspicious
  3. not favorable, infaust

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Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

īnfaustō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfaustus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfaustus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈfaws.tu/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯s.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩˈfawʃ.tu/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯ʃ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈfaws.to/ [ĩˈfaʊ̯s.to]

  • Hyphenation: in‧faus‧to

Adjective

infausto (feminine infausta, masculine plural infaustos, feminine plural infaustas)

  1. doomed, ill-fated

Spanish

FWOTD – 10 June 2023

Etymology

From Latin īnfaustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfausto/ [ĩɱˈfau̯s.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -austo
  • Syllabification: in‧faus‧to

Adjective

infausto (feminine infausta, masculine plural infaustos, feminine plural infaustas)

  1. doomed, ill-fated
    Synonym: aciago
    infausta noticiaill-fated news
    infausta nocheill-fated night
    infaustos tiemposdoomed times
    infausta famadoomed fame
    • 1878, Francisco Pí y Margall, Historia general de América:
      De que naciesen en días faustos ó infaustos hacían por otra parte depender su porvenir los hombres de todas las razas cultas
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1909, Julio Flórez, Gotas de ajenjo:
      Si herido el corazón, la planta herida,
      llora la humanidad su infausta suerte
      If its heart is wounded, the wounded plant
      cries for humanity's doomed fate
    • 2012, Diego Borinsky, Almeyda: Alma y vida:
      se anotó con 63 minutos en el infausto empate con Suecia
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2015 October 20, Jordi Soler, “La destilación genética”, in El País:
      la infausta soledad genética
      the doomed genetic loneliness

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Further reading

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