vetusto

From Latin vetustus.

• IPA^(key): /veˈtu.sto/
• Rhymes: -usto
• Syllabification: ve‧tù‧sto

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)

1. (literary) ancient, old
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, page 575-576:

     […] dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto ¶ di di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi ¶ raccomandò di questo fior venusto.

     […] upon the right thou seest that ancient father ¶ of Holy Church, into whose keeping Christ ¶ the keys committed of this lovely flower.

• vecchio
• veterano
• vetustà
• vieto
• vietume

vetustō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vetustus

Learned borrowing from Latin vetustus (“ancient”), from vetus (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. ancient

   Synonyms: antigo, velho, arcaico

   Antonyms: novo, recente

2. whose age must be respected
3. dilapidated by age

   Synonym: desgastado

4. antiquated

   Synonyms: antiquado, ultrapassado, obsoleto

   Antonyms: moderno, atual

Borrowed from Latin vetustus.

vetusto (feminine vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. old, ancient, age-old

• viejo
• anciano
• antigo

• “vetusto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014