relapso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relāpsus, perfect passive participle of relābor (“to slide back; to relapse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈla.pso/
• Rhymes: -apso
• Hyphenation: re‧là‧pso

Adjective

relapso (feminine relapsa, masculine plural relapsi, feminine plural relapse)

1. (early Christianity) returning to paganism after embracing Christianity
2. (Middle Ages, by extension) returning to heretic doctrines after having renounced them

Noun

relapso m (plural relapsi, feminine relapsa)

1. (early Christianity) one who returns to paganism after embracing Christianity
2. (Middle Ages, by extension) one who returns to heretic doctrines after having renounced them

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• esplora, esporla, leprosa, porsela, posarle, presola, salperò, saperlo, spalerò

Latin

Participle

relāpsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of relāpsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relāpsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈla.pi.su/ [heˈla.pi.su], /ʁeˈlap.su/ [heˈlap.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈla.pi.su/ [heˈla.pi.su], /ʁeˈlap.su/ [heˈlap.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈla.pi.su/ [χeˈla.pi.su], /ʁeˈlap.su/ [χeˈlap.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈlap.so/ [heˈlap.so], /ʁeˈla.pi.so/ [heˈla.pi.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈla.psu/

• Rhymes: -apsu
• Hyphenation: re‧lap‧so

Noun

relapso m (plural relapsos)

1. relapse (the act of relapsing: returning a previous, worse state)

   Synonym: recaída

Further reading

• “relapso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “relapso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “relapso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin relāpsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈlabso/ [reˈlaβ̞.so]
• Rhymes: -abso
• Syllabification: re‧lap‧so

Adjective

relapso (feminine relapsa, masculine plural relapsos, feminine plural relapsas)

1. returning to sin after repenting

Further reading

• “relapso”, 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