"portento" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /porˈtɛn.to/ Forms: portenti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnto Etymology: From Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|portentum}} Latin portentum, {{m|la|portendere}} portendere, {{m|la|portendō||to predict, to foretell}} portendō (“to predict, to foretell”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} portento m (plural portenti)
  1. wonder, marvel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-portento-it-noun-3Dk79OTn
  2. miracle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-portento-it-noun-BOhLOobC Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 31 40 29
  3. genius, prodigy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-portento-it-noun-mj4HR20Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: portentoso

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for portento meaning in Italian (1.5kB)

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