sicario
See also: sicário
English
Etymology
From Spanish sicario.
Noun
sicario (plural sicarios)
- hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels)
- 1992, Tina Rosenberg, Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America, p. 34:
- The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.
- 1992, Tina Rosenberg, Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America, p. 34:
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sīcārius (“murderer, assassin”), derived from sīca (“poniard, curved dagger”). By surface analysis, sica (“curved dagger”) + -ario (“-ary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈka.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: si‧cà‧rio
Noun
sicario m (plural sicari)
- hitman (hired killer)
- Synonyms: assassino, killer, accoltellatore
Related terms
- sica
Anagrams
- Acrisio, Arcisio, cariosi, rosicai, siriaco
Latin
Noun
sīcāriō
- dative/ablative singular of sīcārius
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sīcārius (“murderer, assassin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈkaɾjo/ [siˈka.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: si‧ca‧rio
Noun
sicario m (plural sicarios, feminine sicaria, feminine plural sicarias)
- hitman (hired killer)
Further reading
- “sicario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014