exacto

Galician

Etymology

From Latin exāctus.

Adjective

exacto (feminine exacta, masculine plural exactos, feminine plural exactas)

1. exact

   Synonyms: preciso, xusto

   Antonyms: impreciso, inexacto

Derived terms

• exactamente

Further reading

• “exacto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsaːk.toː/, [ɛkˈs̠äːkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsak.to/, [eɡˈzäkt̪o]

Participle

exāctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of exāctus

Portuguese

Adjective

exacto (feminine exacta, masculine plural exactos, feminine plural exactas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of exato. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exāctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡˈsaɡto/ [eɣ̞ˈsaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: e‧xac‧to

Adjective

exacto (feminine exacta, masculine plural exactos, feminine plural exactas)

1. exact

   Synonym: justo

   Antonym: inexacto

Noun

exacto m (plural exactos)

1. (Venezuela) utility knife, paper cutter

Adverb

exacto

1. exact, exactly

   Synonym: exactamente

Derived terms

• ciencia exacta
• ciencias exactas
• exactamente

 

Related terms

• exactitud
• inexacto

 

Further reading

• “exacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014