ofensa

Borrowed from Latin offēnsa.

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ofensa f (plural ofenses)

1. insult, offense

• ofendre
• ofensiu

• “ofensa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ofensa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ofensa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ofensa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• offensa (pre-standardization spelling)

From Latin offēnsa, from offēnsō (“to strike”).

• Hyphenation: o‧fen‧sa

ofensa f (plural ofensas)

1. insult; offense (act of offending)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insulto

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:elogio

   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XII, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 97:

     Era, sem contestação, uma offensa mortal. Pois não tornava a pisar ali. Fosse tudo para o diabo.

     It was, undoubtedly, a mortal insult. In that case, I wouldn’t step a foot there again. It could all go to hell.

2. something which causes physical harm
3. offensive; attack

   Synonyms: ataque, investida, ofensiva

4. insult (anything that causes offence by being of an unacceptable quality)

Borrowed from French offenser.

a ofensa (third-person singular present ofensează, past participle ofensat) 1st conjugation

1. to offend

From Latin offēnsa.

• IPA^(key): /oˈfensa/ [oˈfẽn.sa]

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• Rhymes: -ensa
• Syllabification: o‧fen‧sa

ofensa f (plural ofensas)

1. offense
2. insult

   Synonym: insulto

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