documento

See also: documénto, documentó, and documentò

Catalan

Verb

documento

1. first-person singular present indicative of documentar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dokuˈmento/ [d̪o.kuˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): /dokuˈmɛnto/ [d̪o.kuˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧to

Verb

documento

1. first-person singular present indicative of documentar

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

documento

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.kuˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: do‧cu‧mén‧to

Noun

documento m (plural documenti)

1. document

Related terms

• documentare

Etymology 2

Verb

documento

1. first-person singular present indicative of documentare

Further reading

• documento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

documentō

1. dative/ablative singular of documentum

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin documentum.

Noun

documento m (plural documentos)

1. document

Descendants

• Fala: documento
• Galician: documento
• Portuguese: documento

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “documento”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “documento”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

documento

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.kuˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.kuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.kuˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /du.kuˈmẽ.tu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Italic *dokeō

Latin doceō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-məntom

Latin -mentum

Latin documentumlbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese documento

Portuguese documento

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese documento, a learned borrowing from Latin documentum, from doceō + -mentum.

Noun

documento m (plural documentos)

1. document (original or official paper)

   Guardamos os documentos nesta gaveta.

   We keep the documents in this drawer.

2. (Brazil) ID card, one's RG

   Vou precisar do seu documento, senhor.

   I will need your ID, sir.

Derived terms

• documental
• documentar

Related terms

• documentação
• documentário

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

documento

1. first-person singular present indicative of documentar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dokuˈmento/ [d̪o.kuˈmẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: do‧cu‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Noun

documento m (plural documentos)

1. document, paper
2. record

   Synonym: registro

Derived terms

• documental
• documentar
• documentario
• documento de voluntades anticipadas
• documento nacional de identidad
• documento privado
• documento público

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

documento

1. first-person singular present indicative of documentar

Further reading

• “documento”, 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