predicamento

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (to declare, proclame, predicate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.di.kaˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: pre‧di‧ca‧mén‧to

Noun

predicamento m (plural predicamenti)

  1. (archaic) preaching; sermon
    Synonym: predica
    • 13th century, Le quaranta omelie di S. Gregorio Papa sopra gli evangelii - Volume I, published 1830, page 27:
      E però Giovanni alle parole d’invidia rispose predicamenti di vita, il quale incontanente aggiugne: Io battezzo in acqua, ma in mezzo di voi è stato colui, il quale voi non conoscete.
      Therefore, to those words of envy, John answered with preachings about life, and immediately added: "I baptize in water, but among you has been he who you do not know."
  2. (logic, philosophy) predicament, category
    • 1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume secondo, published 1804, pages 299–300:
      I numeri [] si ritruovano in tutti i parlari di tutte le lingue; perchè il parlare cade sotto il predicamento della quantità
      Numbers are found in every form of every language, for speech falls under the predicament of quantity
  3. (archaic) reputation
    Synonyms: nomea, reputazione
    essere in predicamento di...to have a reputation of...
    • 1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume primo, published 1804, page 159:
      Avere alcuno mala voce, è quello, che i Latini dicevano male audit, cioè essere in cattivo concetto, e predicamento.
      Avere alcuno mala voce is what the Latin referred to as male audit, that is, to have a bad name and reputation.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (to declare, proclame, predicate).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.di.kɐˈmẽ.tu/ [pɾɨ.ði.kɐˈmẽ.tu]

  • Hyphenation: pre‧di‧ca‧men‧to

Noun

predicamento m (plural predicamentos)

  1. (chiefly logic and philosophy) predicament (a definite class, state or condition)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (to declare, proclame, predicate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾedikaˈmento/ [pɾe.ð̞i.kaˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: pre‧di‧ca‧men‧to

Noun

predicamento m (plural predicamentos)

  1. prestige
    Synonym: prestigio
  2. (Latin America) predicament (difficult situation)
    Synonym: compromiso

Further reading

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