nefando
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈfan.do/
- Rhymes: -ando
- Hyphenation: ne‧fàn‧do
Adjective
nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandi, feminine plural nefande)
- base, vile, nefandous, wicked
- 1947, Primo Levi, “Il viaggio”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 14:
- Ognuno si congedò dalla vita nel modo che più gli si addiceva. Alcuni pregarono, altri bevvero oltre misura, altri si inebriarono di nefanda ultima passione.
- Everyone took leave of life in the way that best suited him. Some preyed, others drank too heavily, others got drunk on the last vile passion.
Derived terms
Further reading
- nefando in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
nefandō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nefandus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nefandus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈfɐ̃.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈfɐ̃.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈfɐ̃.du/
Adjective
nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandos, feminine plural nefandas)
Further reading
- “nefando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈfando/ [neˈfãn̪.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -ando
- Syllabification: ne‧fan‧do
Adjective
nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandos, feminine plural nefandas)
Further reading
- “nefando”, 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