violento

violento

1. neuter of violentu

• IPA^(key): /vioˈlento/

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: vi‧o‧len‧to

violento (uncountable, accusative violenton)

1. violence

Learned borrowing from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas)

1. violent

• violentamente

• violencia

• “violento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from English violence, French violence, Spanish violencia and Italian violenza. From violenta +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlen.to/

violento (uncountable)

1. violence

• IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlɛn.to/, /vjoˈlɛn.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lèn‧to, vio‧lèn‧to

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violenti, feminine plural violente, superlative violentissimo)

1. violent

• violentamente
• violentare

• violenza

violento m (plural violenti, feminine violenta)

1. violent person

violento

1. first-person singular present indicative of violentare

• violento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• notevoli

violentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of violentus

• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧len‧to

Borrowed from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas, comparable, comparative mais violento, superlative o mais violento or violentíssimo, diminutive violentinho)

1. violent (involving extreme force or motion)

   Synonym: agitado

2. violent (involving physical conflict)
3. violent (likely to use physical force)

   Synonym: agressivo

   Antonym: calmo

4. (of a death) caused by aggression or accident; not natural

   Antonym: natural

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

violento

1. first-person singular present indicative of violentar

• “violento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “violento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈlento/ [bjoˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: vio‧len‧to

violento (feminine violenta, masculine plural violentos, feminine plural violentas, superlative violentísimo)

1. violent

violento

1. first-person singular present indicative of violentar

• “violento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025