What does «infamante» mean in Spanish?
- That is a cause of infamy, shame or dishonor; dishonorable; disgraceful.
Examples of use in Spanish: "lo llevaré a los tribunales por sus declaraciones infamantes hacia mi persona".
"La muerte en la cruz era la más infamante que pudiera imaginarse en tiempos de Jesús".
"la información allí publicada es dolosa e infamante, cuyo único fin es dañar mi honor e imagen personal".
"el trato infamante y el desprecio que sufren las mujeres víctimas del comercio sexual".
- (pena infamante) Punishment that produces infamy or dishonor to the one who suffers it, as were considered in the past the gallows, flogging, stoning, crucifixion, exposure to public shame, among others.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Jesús fue condenado a la pena infamante de la crucifixión".
- (pittura infamante) A genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in the city-states of the northern and central Italian peninsula during the Trecento, Quattrocento and Cinquecento. Popular subjects of pittura infamante included traitors, thieves, and those guilty of bankruptcy or public fraud, often in cases where no legal recourse was available.