converso

See also: Converso, conversó, and conversò

English

Etymology

From Spanish converso. Doublet of converse.

Noun

converso (plural conversos)

1. (history) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
   • 2007 January 20, Sam Roberts, “New Favor for a Name That Straddles Cultures”, in New York Times‎:

     Guillermina Jasso, a sociology professor at New York University, said Angel was “evocative of the old converso practice of taking on very Christian surnames as a way of survival in a suspicious environment.”

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, pages 672–3:

     In the Inquisition's terms, both were automatically suspect by the fact that their families were conversos, and they might be seen as emerging from that maelstrom of religious energy released by the religious realignment of Spain in the 1490s.

Synonyms

• crypto-Jew
• Marrano

See also

• converso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Conovers

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈbɛr.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱˈvɛr.so]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱˈvɛɾ.so]

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Galician

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧so

Etymology 1

Verb

converso

1. second-person singular present indicative of conversare

Etymology 2

Participle

converso (feminine conversa, masculine plural conversi, feminine plural converse)

1. past participle of convergere

Related terms

• per converso

Anagrams

• conservo, conservò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈwɛr.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈvɛr.so]

Etymology 1

From convertō +‎ -tō, with *-t-t- across morpheme boundaries changed by a regular morphophonological rule into *-s-s-, which is changed by a regular phonological rule into simple -s- after a consonant (see the usage notes at -tus for more), as in the perfect passive participle conversus.

Verb

conversō (present infinitive conversāre, perfect active conversāvī, supine conversātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to turn around or over

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the more common deponent verb conversor.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of conversō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	conversō		conversās		conversat		conversāmus		conversātis		conversant
	imperfect	conversābam		conversābās		conversābat		conversābāmus		conversābātis		conversābant
	future	conversābō		conversābis		conversābit		conversābimus		conversābitis		conversābunt
	perfect	conversāvī		conversāvistī		conversāvit		conversāvimus		conversāvistis		conversāvērunt, conversāvēre
	pluperfect	conversāveram		conversāverās		conversāverat		conversāverāmus		conversāverātis		conversāverant
	future perfect	conversāverō		conversāveris		conversāverit		conversāverimus		conversāveritis		conversāverint
passive	present	conversor		conversāris, conversāre		conversātur		conversāmur		conversāminī		conversantur
	imperfect	conversābar		conversābāris, conversābāre		conversābātur		conversābāmur		conversābāminī		conversābantur
	future	conversābor		conversāberis, conversābere		conversābitur		conversābimur		conversābiminī		conversābuntur
	perfect	conversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	conversem		conversēs		converset		conversēmus		conversētis		conversent
	imperfect	conversārem		conversārēs		conversāret		conversārēmus		conversārētis		conversārent
	perfect	conversāverim		conversāverīs		conversāverit		conversāverīmus		conversāverītis		conversāverint
	pluperfect	conversāvissem		conversāvissēs		conversāvisset		conversāvissēmus		conversāvissētis		conversāvissent
passive	present	converser		conversēris, conversēre		conversētur		conversēmur		conversēminī		conversentur
	imperfect	conversārer		conversārēris, conversārēre		conversārētur		conversārēmur		conversārēminī		conversārentur
	perfect	conversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		conversā		—		—		conversāte		—
	future	—		conversātō		conversātō		—		conversātōte		conversantō
passive	present	—		conversāre		—		—		conversāminī		—
	future	—		conversātor		conversātor		—		—		conversantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		conversāre			conversārī			conversāns			—
future		conversātūrum esse			conversātum īrī			conversātūrus			conversandus
perfect		conversāvisse			conversātum esse			—			conversātus
future perfect		—			conversātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		conversātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		conversandī		conversandō		conversandum		conversandō		conversātum		conversātū

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

conversō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conversus

References

• “converso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “converso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “converso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.su/ [kõˈvɛh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.su/ [kõˈvɛh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.su/ [kõˈvɛχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɻ.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈbɛɾ.su/

Etymology 1

Noun

converso m (plural conversos, feminine conversa, feminine plural conversas)

1. converso

Etymology 2

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Further reading

• “converso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “converso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈbeɾso/ [kõmˈbeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: con‧ver‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin conversus.

Noun

converso m (plural conversos, feminine conversa, feminine plural conversas)

1. convert; converso

Descendants

• → English: converso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

converso

1. first-person singular present indicative of conversar

Further reading

• “converso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024