gueto

See also: guetó

Asturian

Verb

gueto

1. first-person singular present indicative of guetar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ghetto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ghetto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.tu/, /ˈɡɛ.tu/

• Rhymes: -etu
• Hyphenation: gue‧to

Noun

gueto m (plural guetos)

1. (historical) ghetto (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)

   Synonym: judiaria

2. (sociology) ghetto (very impoverished or segregated area of a city)
   • 2001 November 30, Anderson Cunha, “Festa”, in Festa, performed by Ivete Sangalo, Mercury Records:

     Avisou / Que vai rolar a festa, vai rolar / O povo do gueto mandou avisar

     They let [us] know / That there’s gonna be party, yes, there’s gonna be / The people in the ghetto sent [me] to let you know

Further reading

• “gueto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “gueto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “gueto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “gueto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ghetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeto/ [ˈɡe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: gue‧to

Noun

gueto m (plural guetos)

1. ghetto

See also

• gueto on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “gueto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025