pretexto
See also: pretextó
Ido
Etymology
pre- + texto
Noun
pretexto (plural pretexti)
- pretext
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praetextus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈtes.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾeˈteʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈtes.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈtɐjʃ.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈteʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: pre‧tex‧to
Noun
pretexto m (plural pretextos)
- pretext
Spanish
Etymology
From pre- + texto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈteɡsto/ [pɾeˈt̪eɣ̞s.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eɡsto
- Syllabification: pre‧tex‧to
Noun
pretexto m (plural pretextos)
- pretext
Derived terms
- pretextar
- so pretexto de
Verb
pretexto
- first-person singular present indicative of pretextar
Further reading
- “pretexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014