eleito

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlej.tu/ [eˈleɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlej.tu/ [eˈleɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlej.to/ [eˈleɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈle.tu/

• Rhymes: -ejtu, -ɐjtu
• Hyphenation: e‧lei‧to

Adjective

eleito (feminine eleita, masculine plural eleitos, feminine plural eleitas)

1. elect, elected

Related terms

• eleger
• eleição

Participle

eleito (feminine eleita, masculine plural eleitos, feminine plural eleitas)

1. past participle of eleger

Further reading

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