testimonio
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin American Spanish testimonio (“testimony”).
=== Noun ===
testimonio (plural testimonios)
(sociology) A first-hand account of politically charged experiences; an oral history narrative.
1988, Sommer D. "Not Just a Personal Story: Women’s Testimonios and the Plural Self". In: Schenck C, Brodzki B Life/Lines: Theoretical Essays on Women’s Autobiography. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
1989 (Spring), John Beverley "The Margin at the Center: On Testimonio (Testimonial Narrative)" MFS Modern Fiction Studies Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 11-28 doi:10.1353/mfs.0.0923
==== Usage notes ====
Common in feminist and postmodern academic discourse.
== Catalan ==
=== Verb ===
testimonio
first-person singular present indicative of testimoniar
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tes.tiˈmɔ.njo/
Rhymes: -ɔnjo
Hyphenation: te‧sti‧mò‧nio
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin testimōnium, derived from testis.
==== Noun ====
testimonio m (plural testimoni, feminine testimonia) (archaic)
(law) testimony (statements made by a witness in court)
Synonym: testimonianza
evidence, proof
Synonym: prova
assertion, declaration, statement
Synonyms: asserzione, dichiarazione
manifestation, sign
Synonyms: manifestazione, segno
witness (one who sees or has personal knowledge of something)
Synonym: testimone
(law) witness (one called to give evidence in a court)
(law) witness (one called upon to witness an event or action)
one that, through their authority on a subject matter, guarantees or confirms the truthfulness of a statement or hypothesis
(rare) living proof
(rare, bibliography) any manuscript or printed book through which a text has been transmitted
(geology) core (cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling)
Synonym: carota
(historical, bibliography, very rare) any text written in the first pages of a book, with the purpose of presenting or praising the author or the work
==== Adjective ====
testimonio (feminine testimonia, masculine plural testimoni, feminine plural testimonie) (very rare)
that demonstrates or proves (a physical phenomenon)
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
testimonio
first-person singular present indicative of testimoniare
=== Further reading ===
testimonio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
monoteisti, neotomisti
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
testimōniō
dative/ablative singular of testimōnium
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /testiˈmonjo/ [t̪es.t̪iˈmo.njo]
Rhymes: -onjo
Syllabification: tes‧ti‧mo‧nio
=== Etymology 1 ===
Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.
==== Noun ====
testimonio m (plural testimonios)
testimony
(archaic) witness
(archaic) baton
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
testimonio
first-person singular present indicative of testimoniar
=== Further reading ===
“testimonio”, 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