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

Related terms

• virulenza

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iː.ruˈlen.toː/, [u̯iːrʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.ruˈlen.to/, [viruˈlɛn̪t̪o]

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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/

• 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

• “virulento”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “virulento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “virulento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “virulento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “virulento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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

Related terms

• virulencia

 

Further reading

• “virulento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28