carnífice
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin carnificem (“butcher”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/ [kaɦˈni.fi.si]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾˈni.fi.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻˈni.fi.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾˈni.fi.s(ɨ)/
Noun
carnífice m or f by sense (plural carnífices)
- (archaic) executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)
- Synonyms: carrasco, algoz, verdugo
- (literary) a cruel and violent person
- Synonym: carrasco
Related terms
- carnificina
Spanish
Noun
carnífice m (plural carnífices)
- (archaic) executioner
Further reading
- “carnífice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014