asesino

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aseˈsino/ [a.seˈsi.no] Rhymes: -ino Syllabification: a‧se‧si‧no === Etymology 1 === From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn). Cognate with Italian assassino, French assassin. ==== Adjective ==== asesino (feminine asesina, masculine plural asesinos, feminine plural asesinas) murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder) Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== asesino m (plural asesinos, feminine asesina, feminine plural asesinas) murderer, killer (person who commits murder) Synonyms: matador, homicida, victimario assassin traitor Synonym: traidor ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== asesino first-person singular present indicative of asesinar === Further reading === “asesino”, 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