pretexto

See also: pretextó

Ido

Etymology

pre- +‎ texto

Noun

pretexto (plural pretexti)

1. pretext

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praetextus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtes.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtes.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈteʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtes.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtɐjʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtɐjʃ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈteʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: pre‧tex‧to

Noun

pretexto m (plural pretextos)

1. pretext

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈteɡsto/ [pɾeˈt̪eɣ̞s.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡsto
• Syllabification: pre‧tex‧to

Etymology 1

From pre- +‎ texto.

Noun

pretexto m (plural pretextos)

1. pretext

Derived terms

• pretextar
• so pretexto de

 

Etymology 2

Verb

pretexto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pretextar

Further reading

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