cruento

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cruentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruˈɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: cru‧èn‧to

Adjective

cruento (feminine cruenta, masculine plural cruenti, feminine plural cruente, superlative cruentissimo)

1. bloody, gory

Derived terms

• cruentemente

Further reading

• “cruento”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• cernuto, certuno, cornute, cunterò

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin cruentus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cruentō

From cruentus (“bloody”) + -ō.

Verb

cruentō (present infinitive cruentāre, perfect active cruentāvī, supine cruentātum); first conjugation

1. to make bloody; to stain with blood
2. (figuratively) to stain, pollute
3. (figuratively) to dye red

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cruentō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cruentō		cruentās		cruentat		cruentāmus		cruentātis		cruentant
	imperfect	cruentābam		cruentābās		cruentābat		cruentābāmus		cruentābātis		cruentābant
	future	cruentābō		cruentābis		cruentābit		cruentābimus		cruentābitis		cruentābunt
	perfect	cruentāvī		cruentāvistī		cruentāvit		cruentāvimus		cruentāvistis		cruentāvērunt, cruentāvēre
	pluperfect	cruentāveram		cruentāverās		cruentāverat		cruentāverāmus		cruentāverātis		cruentāverant
	future perfect	cruentāverō		cruentāveris		cruentāverit		cruentāverimus		cruentāveritis		cruentāverint
passive	present	cruentor		cruentāris, cruentāre		cruentātur		cruentāmur		cruentāminī		cruentantur
	imperfect	cruentābar		cruentābāris, cruentābāre		cruentābātur		cruentābāmur		cruentābāminī		cruentābantur
	future	cruentābor		cruentāberis, cruentābere		cruentābitur		cruentābimur		cruentābiminī		cruentābuntur
	perfect	cruentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cruentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cruentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cruentem		cruentēs		cruentet		cruentēmus		cruentētis		cruentent
	imperfect	cruentārem		cruentārēs		cruentāret		cruentārēmus		cruentārētis		cruentārent
	perfect	cruentāverim		cruentāverīs		cruentāverit		cruentāverīmus		cruentāverītis		cruentāverint
	pluperfect	cruentāvissem		cruentāvissēs		cruentāvisset		cruentāvissēmus		cruentāvissētis		cruentāvissent
passive	present	cruenter		cruentēris, cruentēre		cruentētur		cruentēmur		cruentēminī		cruententur
	imperfect	cruentārer		cruentārēris, cruentārēre		cruentārētur		cruentārēmur		cruentārēminī		cruentārentur
	perfect	cruentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cruentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cruentā		—		—		cruentāte		—
	future	—		cruentātō		cruentātō		—		cruentātōte		cruentantō
passive	present	—		cruentāre		—		—		cruentāminī		—
	future	—		cruentātor		cruentātor		—		—		cruentantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cruentāre			cruentārī			cruentāns			—
future		cruentātūrum esse			cruentātum īrī			cruentātūrus			cruentandus
perfect		cruentāvisse			cruentātum esse			—			cruentātus
future perfect		—			cruentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cruentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cruentandī		cruentandō		cruentandum		cruentandō		cruentātum		cruentātū

Related terms

• cruentātiō
• cruentē
• cruenter
• cruentus
• cruor

Descendants

• Aromanian: ncruntu, ncruntari, ancruntu
• Italian: cruentare
• Portuguese: cruentar
• Romanian: crunta, încrunta, încruntare
• Spanish: cruentar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cruentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cruentus

References

• “cruento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cruento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cruento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cruentus (“bloody”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾwento/ [ˈkɾwẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: cruen‧to

Adjective

cruento (feminine cruenta, masculine plural cruentos, feminine plural cruentas)

1. bloody

   Synonyms: sangriento, sanguinolento

   Antonym: incruento

   • 2020 November 29, Ana Carbajosa, “Los ultras alemanes de AfD se desgarran en luchas internas durante un congreso con medio millar de asistentes”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 29 November 2020:

     La división de un partido en el que conviven dos almas y que se desgarra fruto de una cruenta lucha por el poder, quedó al descubierto en Kalkar, en el oeste de Alemania.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• crúor

Further reading

• “cruento”, 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