tirano
See also: Tirano
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈrano/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧no
Noun
tirano (accusative singular tiranon, plural tiranoj, accusative plural tiranojn)
- tyrant
- 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 19:
- Efektive, paco kaj liberiĝo el tiaj aferoj venas dum maljuneco. Kiam la deziroj ĉesas urĝi kaj malstreĉiĝas, estas ĝuste kiel diris Sofoklo: Oni liberiĝas disde multaj frenezaj tiranoj.
- Effectively, peace and freedom come from those things during old age. When the desires cease urging and become relaxed, it is exactly like Sophocles said: One is freed from many crazy tyrants.
Italian
Verb
tirano
- third-person plural present indicative of tirare
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Via Old Galician-Portuguese tirano, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾɐ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tiˈɾɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tiˈɾa.nu/
- Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧no
Noun
tirano m (plural tiranos, feminine tirana, feminine plural tiranas)
Derived terms
- tirânico (“tyrannical”)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈɾano/ [t̪iˈɾa.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: ti‧ra‧no
Adjective
tirano (feminine tirana, masculine plural tiranos, feminine plural tiranas)
- like a tyrant; tyrannous; tyrannical
Noun
tirano m (plural tiranos, feminine tirana, feminine plural tiranas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “tirano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024