We explain what something indelible is, the origin of the term and its literal and figurative meaning. Also, its synonyms and antonyms.
What is something indelible?
Something indelible is permanent, that is, it cannot be erased, suppressed, or removed. East adjective It comes from the Latin indelible, composed of the prefix in-, which denotes opposition or against, and the verb delere ("Delete", "destroy" or "suppress"), which we can find in contexts as the famous phrase of the Roman politician Cato "the Elder" (234-149 BC): "delenda est Carthago", That is," Carthage must disappear. "
The indelible adjective can be used in contexts literal, as if to warn that a marker has indelible ink, that is, indelible or difficult to remove, such as that used in many places to mark the finger of the citizens that they already voted in an election, and that it takes a few days to erase.
But that same sense can be figuratively transferred to other areas: an “indelible memory”, for those memories that are difficult to forget (because they are pleasant or traumatic), an “indelible mark”, for those events whose consequences last a long time. weather or they are unavoidable (for example: "the indelible mark of the industry on the environment"), or an "indelible love" because it is felt that it will never be lost.
Are synonyms indelible: indelible, inexhaustible, persistent, lasting, permanent, long-lasting, constant or durable. Rather, they are antonyms: deleble, ephemeral, erasable, passing, transitory, alterable, changing.