extremo

extremo

See also: extremó

Galician

Etymology

From Latin extremus.

Adjective

extremo m (feminine singular extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

1. extreme

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   Communism has extreme contempt for traditional moral values.

Derived terms

• extremamente
• extremismo
• extremista

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos)

1. extreme, end

Related terms

• extremidade

Further reading

• “extremo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Latin

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstreː.moː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪reːmoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstre.mo/, [ekˈst̪rɛːmo]

Noun

extrēmō

1. dative/ablative singular of extrēmus

References

• “extremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) at the end of the year: exeunte, extremo anno
    
  • (ambiguous) to touch with the fingertips: extremis digitis aliquid attingere
    
  • (ambiguous) to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    
  • (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extrēmus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾẽ.mu/, /esˈtɾẽ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾẽ.mu/, /esˈtɾẽ.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾẽ.mu/, /eʃˈtɾẽ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾe.mo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈtɾe.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈtɾe.mu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈtɾe.mu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃˈtɾe.mu/

• Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mo

Adjective

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

1. extreme

Derived terms

• extrema-direita
• extrema-esquerda
• extremamente
• extremismo
• extremista

 

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos)

1. extreme
   1. end, the extreme part of an object
   2. (figurative) an extreme view or attitude
2. (Portugal, sports) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:extremo.

Related terms

• extremidade

Further reading

• “extremo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈtɾemo/ [eɣ̞sˈt̪ɾe.mo]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification: ex‧tre‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin extremus.

Adjective

extremo (feminine extrema, masculine plural extremos, feminine plural extremas)

1. extreme, dire

Derived terms

• deporte extremo
• en extremo
• extrema derecha
• extrema izquierda
• extremamente
• extremar
• Extrema Unción
• extremismo
• extremista
• Extremo Oriente

 

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos)

1. end, extreme

Related terms

• extremidad

Noun

extremo m (plural extremos, feminine extrema, feminine plural extremas)

1. (soccer) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)

Verb

extremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of extremar

Further reading

• “extremo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014