respeito

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

respeyto (obsolete)

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁesˈpej.tu/ [hesˈpeɪ̯.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeʃˈpej.tu/ [χeʃˈpeɪ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁesˈpej.to/ [hesˈpeɪ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃˈpɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃˈpej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃˈpej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃˈpe.tu/

Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
Hyphenation: res‧pei‧to

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin respectus (“respected”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“to look back; to respect”), from re- (“back; again”) + speciō (“to observe, to look at”). Doublet of respectivo.

Noun edit

respeito m (plural respeitos)

(uncountable) respect (admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit)
Synonyms: admiração, apreço, consideração, deferência

Antonym: desrespeito
(uncountable) submission
Synonyms: acatamento, obediência, submissão, subordinação, subserviência, sujeição
respect (a particular aspect of something)
Synonyms: aspecto, motivo

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

respeito

first-person singular present indicative of respeitar