protervo

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin protervus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /proˈtɛr.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrvo
  • Hyphenation: pro‧tèr‧vo

Adjective[edit]

protervo (feminine proterva, masculine plural protervi, feminine plural proterve)

  1. (literary) arrogant, obstinate, pigheaded

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Further reading[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

protervō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of protervus

Spanish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

protervo (feminine proterva, masculine plural protervos, feminine plural protervas)

  1. (formal) wicked; heinous
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      El hombre con quien se casó por compromisos de familia reunía en su alma proterva todas las maldades, vicios y groserías imaginables, y era libertino, disipador, cruel, falso, tramposo.
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