perjuicio
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin praeiudicium, with later alteration of the suffix. Doublet of prejuicio.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾˈxwiθjo/ [peɾˈxwi.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾˈxwisjo/ [peɾˈxwi.sjo]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθjo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -isjo
- Syllabification: per‧jui‧cio
Noun edit
perjuicio m (plural perjuicios)
- detriment (the opposite of a benefit)
- Synonym: detrimento
- Antonym: beneficio
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Cebuano: perhuwisyo
- → Tagalog: perhuwisyo
Further reading edit
- “perjuicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014