pleito
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin placitum. Cognate with Spanish pleito and English plea.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈplej.tu/ [ˈpleɪ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈplej.to/ [ˈpleɪ̯.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈplɐj.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈplej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈple.tu/
- Hyphenation: plei‧to
Noun
pleito m (plural pleitos)
- lawsuit
- Synonym: processo
- disagreement, argument
- Synonyms: discussão, briga
- electoral debate
- (archaic) pact
Related terms
- pleitear
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Medieval Latin placitum. Cognate with Portuguese pleito and English plea.
Noun
pleito m (plural pleitos)
- lawsuit
- Synonyms: juicio, demanda
- (Latin America) fight
- Synonym: pelea
- (Latin America) argument
- Synonym: discusión
Derived terms
- buscapleitos
- picapleitos
- pleitear
Further reading
- “pleito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014