nefando

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nefandus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈfan.do/
• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: ne‧fàn‧do

Adjective

nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandi, feminine plural nefande)

1. base, vile, nefandous, wicked
   • 1947, Primo Levi, “Il viaggio”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 14:

     Ognuno si congedò dalla vita nel modo che più gli si addiceva. Alcuni pregarono, altri bevvero oltre misura, altri si inebriarono di nefanda ultima passione.

     Everyone took leave of life in the way that best suited him. Some preyed, others drank too heavily, others got drunk on the last vile passion.

Derived terms

• nefandamente
• nefandezza

Further reading

• nefando in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• fendano

Latin

Adjective

nefandō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nefandus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nefandus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈfɐ̃.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈfɐ̃.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈfɐ̃.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈfɐ̃.du/

Adjective

nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandos, feminine plural nefandas)

1. vile, nefarious

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nefandus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈfando/ [neˈfãn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ando
• Syllabification: ne‧fan‧do

Adjective

nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandos, feminine plural nefandas)

1. vile; nefarious

Further reading

• “nefando”, 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