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Borrowed from English pruritus, French prurit m, Italian prurito m, Spanish prurito m, ultimately from Latin prūrītus m (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

• IPA(key): /pru.ˈri.to/, /pɾu.ˈɾi.tɔ/

prurito (plural pruriti)

1. itch, itching
2. (medicine) pruritus

• pruritar (“to itch”)

From Latin prūrītus m (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “borrowed?”).

• IPA(key): /pruˈri.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: pru‧rì‧to

prurito m (plural pruriti)

1. itch (all senses)
2. (pathology) pruritus

• → Ido: prurito
• prurito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• putrirò

prūrītō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of prūriō

From Latin prurītus m (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “borrowing?”).

• IPA(key): /pɾuˈɾito/ [pɾuˈɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pru‧ri‧to

prurito m (plural pruritos)

1. (pathology, dated) pruritus, itching
   Synonym: picor m
2. perfectionism
3. desire; fancy; itching
   tener el prurito de hacer algo
   to be itching to do something
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los trabajos y los días”, in El juguete rabioso:
     Tenía el prurito del movimiento, era un goloso visual, entraba en éxtasis frente a la mercadería por el dinero que representaba.
     He had a fancy for movement, was a visual glutton, and got delighted at the sight of the merchandise due to the money it represented.

• pruriginoso

• → Ido: prurito

• “prurito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025