# eterno
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eˈterno]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -erno
* Hyphenation: e‧ter‧no

### Noun

eterno (accusative singular eternon, plural eternoj, accusative plural eternojn)
* eternity
    Synonym: eterneco

#### Related terms

* eterna
* eterne

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aeternus.

### Adjective

eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)
* eternal
    Synonym: (formal) eternal

#### Derived terms

* eternamente

#### Related terms

* eternidade

### Further reading

* “eterno”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈtɛr.no/
* Rhymes: -ɛrno
* Hyphenation: e‧tèr‧no

### Etymology 1

First attested 14th century. From Latin aeternus, from an earlier form aeviternus, derived from aevum (“time; age”).

#### Alternative forms

* etterno (archaic)

#### Adjective

eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eterni, feminine plural eterne)
* eternal, everlasting
    Synonym: (archaic, poetic) eternale
** 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision]‎, published 1833, page 11:Il corto termine alla vita posto Non è da consumare in quelle cose, che ’l bene eterno ci fanno nascosto.The short limit set to life is not to be consumed in those things which make the eternal goodness hidden from us.
** 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto quarantesimosecondo [Forty-second Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 195:Piena d’un foco eterno è quella mazza, Che senza consumarsi ogn’hora avampa; Ne per buon scudo o tempra di corazza O per grossezza d’elmo se ne scampa.That mace is filled with an eternal fire, always burning without ever dying out; and no good shield, or tempered armour/armor, or thick helm is enough to escape it.
** 1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro I, Capitolo III [Book 1, Chapter 3]”, in Gli asolani, published 1989:Infin quel dì, che pria la punse Amore, Andromeda ebbe sempre affanno e noia; Poi ch’a Perseo si diè, diletto e gioia Seguilla viva, e morta eterno onore.Until that day, before she was stung by Love, Andromeda was always bothered and bored; after she gave herself to Perseus, she was followed by delight and joy in life, and eternal honour/honor in death.
** 1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Proemio”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater]‎, London, page 51, lines 1–4:Odio all’emula Roma acerbo eterno Giurava il forte Annibale su l’ara: Nè a vuoto usciva la minaccia amara, Che gli era anzi di Gloria eccelso perno.Harsh, eternal hatred to the rival Rome swore Hannibal the strong upon the altar; and the bitter threat was not in vain, but instead was paramount crux of glory to him.
** 1803, Ugo Foscolo, “Alla sera [To the Evening]”, in Sonetti [Sonnets]‎, collected in Opere scelte di Ugo Foscolo, vol. 2, Florence, published 1835, page 116:Vagar mi fai co’ miei pensier su l’orme Che vanno al nulla eterno; e intanto fugge Questo reo tempo, e van con lui le torme Delle cure, onde meco egli si struggeYou make me wander with my thoughts, on footprints leading to eternal nothingness; meanwhile, this guilty time passes, and with him the crowds of worries that make him struggle along with me

##### Derived terms

* eternamente

#### Noun

eterno m (uncountable)
* eternity
** 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “XII. L'infinito [12. The Infinite]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 49, lines 8–11:[…] E come il vento ¶ odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello ¶ infinito silenzio a questa voce ¶ vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eternoAnd, as I hear the wind blowing through these plants, I compare that infinite silence to this voice, and I think of eternity

##### Related terms

* eternale
* eternare
* eternità

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

eterno
* first-person singular present indicative of eternare

### References

* ↑ etèrno in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

### Further reading

* eterno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Nereto, entero-, tenero, tenore

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* aeterno (dated)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aeternus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈtɛʁ.nu/ [eˈtɛɦ.nu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈtɛʁ.nu/ [eˈtɛɦ.nu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /eˈtɛɾ.nu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /eˈtɛʁ.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eˈtɛɻ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈtɛɾ.nu/
* Hyphenation: e‧ter‧no

### Adjective

eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)
* eternal
    Synonym: eternal

#### Related terms

* eternamente
* eternidade
* eternizar

### Further reading

* “eterno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aeternus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈteɾno/ [eˈt̪eɾ.no]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾno
* Syllabification: e‧ter‧no

### Adjective

eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)
* eternal
    Synonym: eternal

#### Derived terms

* sueño eterno

#### Related terms

* edad
* eternal
* eternamente
* eternidad
* eternizar

### Further reading

* “eterno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10