corrupto

Latin

Participle

corruptō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of corruptus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁup.tu/ [koˈhup.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁup.tu/ [koˈhup.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈʁup.tu/ [koˈχup.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁup.to/ [koˈhup.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁu.ptu/

• Hyphenation: cor‧rup‧to

Adjective

corrupto (feminine corrupta, masculine plural corruptos, feminine plural corruptas)

1. corrupt (morally degenerate)

   Synonym: corrompido

Noun

corrupto m (plural corruptos, feminine corrupta, feminine plural corruptas)

1. a corrupt politician

   Synonym: corrompido

Related terms

• corromper
• corrupção
• roto

Further reading

• “corrupto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “corrupto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrubto/ [koˈruβ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ubto
• Syllabification: co‧rrup‧to

Adjective

corrupto (feminine corrupta, masculine plural corruptos, feminine plural corruptas)

1. corrupt, corrupted

   Synonym: corrompido

Related terms

• corrompedor
• corromper
• corrompidamente
• corrompido
• corrupción
• corruptamente
• corruptela
• corruptibilidad
• corruptible
• corruptivo
• corruptor
• roto

Further reading

• “corrupto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024