English

Noun

converso ‎(plural conversos)

1. (historical) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
   • 2007, January 20, “Sam Roberts”, in New Favor for a Name That Straddles Cultures:

     Guillermina Jasso, a sociology professor at New York University , said Angel was “evocative of the old converso practice of taking on very Christian surnames as a way of survival in a suspicious environment.”

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 672-3:

     In the Inquisition's terms, both were automatically suspect by the fact that their families were conversos, and they might be seen as emerging from that maelstrom of religious energy released by the religious realignment of Spain in the 1490s.

See also

• converso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative form of conversar

Italian

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular indicative present of conversare
2. past participle of convergere

Related terms

• per converso

Anagrams

• conservo, conservò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈwer.soː/, [kɔnˈwɛr.soː]

Etymology 1

From convertō +‎ -tō.

Verb

conversō ‎(present infinitive conversāre, perfect active conversāvī, supine conversātum); first conjugation

1. I turn around or over
2. I ponder
3. I consort or associate with
4. I abide or dwell

Inflection

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Participle

conversō

1. dative masculine singular of conversus
2. dative neuter singular of conversus
3. ablative masculine singular of conversus
4. ablative neuter singular of conversus

References

• converso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• converso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “converso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of conversar

Spanish

Verb

converso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of conversar.