albedrío
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin arbitrium (“judgement, sentence”) (with a change of suffix from -io to -ío), from arbiter (“spectator, beholder”). Doublet of arbitrio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /albeˈdɾio/ [al.β̞eˈð̞ɾi.o]
- Rhymes: -io
- Syllabification: al‧be‧drí‧o
Noun
albedrío m (plural albedríos)
- will (intent)
Derived terms
- al albedrío
- libre albedrío
Related terms
- arbitrio
- árbitro
Further reading
- “albedrío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014