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sequestro
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).
Noun
sequestro m (plural sequestri)
Synonyms
- ratto m
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sequestro
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Latin
Etymology
Derived from sequestrum (“depository”) + -ō, derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈkʷɛs.troː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈkʷɛs.tro]
Verb
sequestrō (present infinitive sequestrāre, perfect active sequestrāvī, supine sequestrātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to surrender (give up for safe keeping)
- (Late Latin) to sequestrate
- (Late Latin) to separate, remove
Conjugation
Descendants
- → Catalan: segrestar
- → Galician: secuestrar
- → Italian: sequestrare
- → Portuguese: sequestrar
- → Spanish: secuestrar
- → Old French: sequestrer
- French: séquestrer
- → Middle English: sequestren
- English: sequester
References
- “sequestro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sequestro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /sɛ.ˈkwɛʃ.tɾʊ/
- Hyphenation: se‧ques‧tro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).
Noun
sequestro m (plural sequestros)
- kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Derived terms
- sequestro-relâmpago
Related terms
- sequestração
- sequestrado
- sequestrador
- sequestrar
- sequestrável
Etymology 2
Verb
sequestro
Further reading
- “sequestro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “sequestro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Verb
sequestro
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