infido

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin īnfīdus. By surface analysis, in- (“un-, not”) +‎ fido (“faithful, loyal”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /inˈfi.do/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: in‧fì‧do

Adjective[edit]

infido (feminine infida, masculine plural infidi, feminine plural infide)

  1. treacherous, unreliable, untrustworthy
    Synonyms: inaffidabile, malfido
    Antonyms: affidabile, fidato, fido, sicuro
  2. (figurative) unsafe, unreliable, treacherous (of things)
    Synonyms: insidioso, malsicuro, pericoloso, rischioso
    Antonyms: sicuro, tranquillo
  3. (by extension, poetic) ominous
  4. (literary) unfaithful
    Synonyms: infedele, traditore
  5. (literary, poetic, obsolete, rare) infidel, specfically non-Christian

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Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

īnfīdō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfīdus
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