funesto

See also: funestò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛs.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: fu‧nè‧sto

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin funestus.

Adjective

funesto (feminine funesta, masculine plural funesti, feminine plural funeste, adverb funestamente)

1. fatal
2. disastrous
3. gloomy, dismal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

funesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of funestare

Further reading

• “funesto”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “funesto”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
• “funesto” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “funesto” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “funèsto” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “funèsto”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

From fūnestus without a suffix.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fuːˈnɛs.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fuˈnɛs.to]

Verb

fūnestō (present infinitive fūnestāre, perfect active fūnestāvī, supine fūnestātum); first conjugation

1. (rare) to bring to the grave
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.200–201:

     Sed quālī sōlam Thēseus mē mente relīquit,
     tālī mente, deae, fūnestet sēque suōsque.

     But may Theseus, with the same mind as he deserted me,
     bring to the grave, goddesses, himself and his kind.

   • a. 440 CE, Salvian, Ad ecclesiam 3.66 in Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volume VIII), Franz Pauly, Vienna (1883), page 291, lines 16–18:

     Et mīrum est, quod hoc ipsum sinis, ut iam fūnestātō tē tua habeat, et nōn iam exportātō atque tumulātō.

     And it's a wonder that you even allow that he inherits your things with you interred, and not conveyed away or entombed already.

2. to pollute, disgrace or dishonour (especially with murder)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fūnestō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fūnestō		fūnestās		fūnestat		fūnestāmus		fūnestātis		fūnestant
	imperfect	fūnestābam		fūnestābās		fūnestābat		fūnestābāmus		fūnestābātis		fūnestābant
	future	fūnestābō		fūnestābis		fūnestābit		fūnestābimus		fūnestābitis		fūnestābunt
	perfect	fūnestāvī		fūnestāvistī		fūnestāvit		fūnestāvimus		fūnestāvistis		fūnestāvērunt, fūnestāvēre
	pluperfect	fūnestāveram		fūnestāverās		fūnestāverat		fūnestāverāmus		fūnestāverātis		fūnestāverant
	future perfect	fūnestāverō		fūnestāveris		fūnestāverit		fūnestāverimus		fūnestāveritis		fūnestāverint
passive	present	fūnestor		fūnestāris, fūnestāre		fūnestātur		fūnestāmur		fūnestāminī		fūnestantur
	imperfect	fūnestābar		fūnestābāris, fūnestābāre		fūnestābātur		fūnestābāmur		fūnestābāminī		fūnestābantur
	future	fūnestābor		fūnestāberis, fūnestābere		fūnestābitur		fūnestābimur		fūnestābiminī		fūnestābuntur
	perfect	fūnestātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fūnestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fūnestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fūnestem		fūnestēs		fūnestet		fūnestēmus		fūnestētis		fūnestent
	imperfect	fūnestārem		fūnestārēs		fūnestāret		fūnestārēmus		fūnestārētis		fūnestārent
	perfect	fūnestāverim		fūnestāverīs		fūnestāverit		fūnestāverīmus		fūnestāverītis		fūnestāverint
	pluperfect	fūnestāvissem		fūnestāvissēs		fūnestāvisset		fūnestāvissēmus		fūnestāvissētis		fūnestāvissent
passive	present	fūnester		fūnestēris, fūnestēre		fūnestētur		fūnestēmur		fūnestēminī		fūnestentur
	imperfect	fūnestārer		fūnestārēris, fūnestārēre		fūnestārētur		fūnestārēmur		fūnestārēminī		fūnestārentur
	perfect	fūnestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fūnestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fūnestā		—		—		fūnestāte		—
	future	—		fūnestātō		fūnestātō		—		fūnestātōte		fūnestantō
passive	present	—		fūnestāre		—		—		fūnestāminī		—
	future	—		fūnestātor		fūnestātor		—		—		fūnestantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fūnestāre			fūnestārī			fūnestāns			—
future		fūnestātūrum esse			fūnestātum īrī			fūnestātūrus			fūnestandus
perfect		fūnestāvisse			fūnestātum esse			—			fūnestātus
future perfect		—			fūnestātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fūnestātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fūnestandī		fūnestandō		fūnestandum		fūnestandō		fūnestātum		fūnestātū

Adjective

fūnestō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fūnestus

References

• “funesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “funesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “funesto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fūnestō” in volume VI 1, column 1583, line 76 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• “fūnestō” on page 821/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin fūnus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin funestuslbor.

Portuguese funesto

Learned borrowing from Latin funestus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛs.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛs.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: fu‧nes‧to

Adjective

funesto (feminine funesta, masculine plural funestos, feminine plural funestas)

1. fatal
2. gloomy, dismal

Derived terms

• funestamente

Further reading

• “funesto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “funesto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “funesto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “funesto”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “funesto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “funesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin fūnus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin funestusder.

Spanish funesto

Derived from Latin funestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈnesto/ [fuˈnes.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: fu‧nes‧to

Adjective

funesto (feminine funesta, masculine plural funestos, feminine plural funestas)

1. fateful
2. dismal
3. baleful

Derived terms

• funestamente

Further reading

• “funesto”, 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