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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestraditore
Pronunciation / Transliteration: traditore
"Il ghiaccio sulla strada ha reso la guida traditrice."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
"A treacherous friend cannot be trusted with secrets." - 2
Hazardous because of presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers.
"Driving through the mountains during the snowstorm was treacherous."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old French tricherous, from trichier 'to trick', based on Latin tricari 'evade, shuffle'.
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perfide
Transliteration: perfide
"Il s'est révélé être un allié perfide."
tückisch
Transliteration: tueckisch
"Die Straßen waren heute Morgen glatt und tückisch."
traditore
Transliteration: traditore
"Il ghiaccio sulla strada ha reso la guida traditrice."
traicionero
Transliteration: traicionero
"El camino de montaña era muy traicionero debido a la lluvia."
traiçoeiro
Transliteration: traicoeiro
"Aquela correnteza no mar é extremamente traiçoeira."
विश्वासघाती
Transliteration: vishwasghati
"वह एक विश्वासघाती व्यक्ति है जिस पर भरोसा नहीं किया जा सकता।"
险恶的
Transliteration: xiǎn è de
"山路险恶，行车需要格外小心。"
배신하는
Transliteration: baeshinhaneun
"그의 배신하는 행동은 모든 사람을 놀라게 했다."
裏切りやすい
Transliteration: uragiri yasui
"その山道は凍結していて非常に危険だった。"
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