Italian

Proper noun

Il Pacifico m

1. The Pacific (ocean)

Synonyms

• l'Oceano Pacifico

English

Noun

pacifico ‎(plural pacificos)

1. (historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
   • Harper's Weekly

     While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave.

Italian

Adjective

pacifico m ‎(feminine singular pacifica, masculine plural pacifici, feminine plural pacifiche)

1. peaceable, peaceful

Verb

pacifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificare

Latin

Etymology

From pāx ‎(“peace”) + faciō ‎(“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paːˈki.fi.koː/

Verb

pācificō ‎(present infinitive pācificāre, perfect active pācificāvī, supine pācificātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I make, negotiate or arrange peace.
2. (transitive) I pacify, appease, placate.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (pacify): pācō

Derived terms

• pācificātiō
• pācificātor

Related terms

Descendants

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

pacifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of pacificar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [pa̠.θiˈfi.ko̞]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): [pa̠.siˈfi.ko̞]

Verb

pacifico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pacificar.