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Verb

assassino

1. first-person singular present indicative form of assassinar

Italian

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) assessino

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asːaˈsːino/, [äs̪.s̪äs̪ˈs̪iː.n̺o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: as‧sas‧si‧no

Noun

assassino m ‎(plural assassini, feminine assassina)

1. One who commits murder on someone else's behest; assassin, hitman
2. (by extension) One who has committed murder; murderer
3. (by extension) One who damages people and/or property out of wickedness or ineptitude; villain, miscreant, scoundrel

Synonyms

• (1): sicario
• (2): omicida; uccisore (archaic)
• (3): criminale, delinquente, scellerato

Related terms

• assassinio
• assassinare

Adjective

assassino m ‎(feminine singular assassina, masculine plural assassini, feminine plural assassine)

1. murderous
2. (by extension, of a task) Demanding yet scarcely profitable.
3. (by extension) seductive, provocative

Verb

assassino

1. first-person singular present indicative of assassinare

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adjective

assassino m ‎(feminine singular assassina, masculine plural assassinos, feminine plural assassinas, comparable)

1. murderous

Noun

assassino m (plural assassinos)

1. killer, murderer,assassin