victimario
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ik.tiˈmaː.ri.oː/, [u̯ɪkt̪ɪˈmäːrioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vik.tiˈma.ri.o/, [vikt̪iˈmäːrio]
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin victimārius (literally “pertaining to victims”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biɡtiˈmaɾjo/ [biɣ̞.t̪iˈma.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: vic‧ti‧ma‧rio
Noun
victimario m (plural victimarios, feminine victimaria, feminine plural victimarias)
- killer, homicide
- 2015 July 11, “El Papa visita el infierno de Bolivia”, in El País:
- Sentimos en ellos el signo contradictorio de ser víctimas y victimarios, la evidencia de una sociedad que produce pobreza, desigualdades y violencia”.
- We feel in them the contradictory sign of being victims and offenders, the evidence of a society that produces poverty, inequalities and violence”.
Further reading
- “victimario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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