magnicida
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin magnus (“great”) + -cida.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maɡ.niˈsi.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maɡ.niˈsi.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɡniˈsi.dɐ/ [mɐ.ɣniˈsi.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: mag‧ni‧ci‧da
Noun
magnicida m or f by sense (plural magnicidas)
- assassin of an important figure
- Coordinate terms: regicida, presidenticida, homicida, feminicida
Adjective
magnicida m or f (plural magnicidas)
- (relational) assassination of an important figure
Further reading
- “magnicida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin magnus (“great”) + -cida.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡniˈθida/ [maɣ̞.niˈθi.ð̞a] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /maɡniˈsida/ [maɣ̞.niˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: mag‧ni‧ci‧da
Noun
magnicida m or f by sense (plural magnicidas)
- assassin of an important figure
- Hypernym: asesino
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Further reading
- “magnicida”, 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