asesino

See also: asesinó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aseˈsino/ [a.seˈsi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: a‧se‧si‧no

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn).

Cognate with Italian assassino, French assassin.

Adjective

asesino (feminine asesina, masculine plural asesinos, feminine plural asesinas)

1. murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)

   Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario

Derived terms

• ballena asesina

 

Noun

asesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas)

1. murderer, killer (person who commits murder)

   Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario

2. assassin
3. traitor

   Synonym: traidor

Derived terms

• asesinar
• asesinato
• asesino a sueldo
• asesino en serie

 

Etymology 2

Verb

asesino

1. first-person singular present indicative of asesinar

Further reading

• “asesino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28