prerrogativa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), feminine of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ʁo.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pɾe.ho.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ʁo.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pɾe.ho.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ʁo.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pɾe.χo.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ʁo.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.va/ [pɾe.ho.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.va]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ʁu.ɡɐˈti.vɐ/ [pɾɨ.ʁu.ɣɐˈti.vɐ]

• Hyphenation: prer‧ro‧ga‧ti‧va

Noun

prerrogativa f (plural prerrogativas)

1. prerogative (a hereditary or official right or privilege)
2. (by extension) any right or privilege

   Synonyms: apanágio, direito, honraria, privilégio, regalia

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), feminine of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”).

Noun

prerrogativa f (plural prerrogativas)

1. prerogative

Further reading

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