carnífice

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificem (butcher).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: car‧ní‧fi‧ce

Noun

carnífice m or f by sense (plural carnífices)

  1. (archaic) executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)
    Synonyms: carrasco, algoz, verdugo
  2. (literary) a cruel and violent person
    Synonym: carrasco

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carnificem (butcher).

Pronunciation

Noun

carnífice m (plural carnífices)

  1. (obsolete) executioner
    Synonym: verdugo

Further reading