bendito

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of bento, Bento, and Benedito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈd͡ʒi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈd͡ʒi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈd͡ʒi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈdi.tu/

• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: ben‧di‧to

Participle

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. past participle of bendizer

Adjective

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. blessed; holy (worthy of worship)

   Synonym: bento

Related terms

• benta
• bênção

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of benito, as well as Old Spanish bendicho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdito/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧to

Adjective

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. blessed

   Antonym: maldito

Derived terms

• agua bendita
• bendito sea Dios
• cardo bendito
• por Dios bendito

 

Participle

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. (dated, now proscribed) past participle of bendecir

Further reading

• “bendito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Fundéu
• Nueva gramática de la lengua española