êxito

See also: exito and éxito

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exitus. Compare Galician and Spanish éxito, Catalan èxit and Italian esito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈɐj.zi.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈɐj.zi.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈej.zi.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈej.zi.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/

• Hyphenation: ê‧xi‧to

Noun

êxito m (plural êxitos)

1. result, end, consequence, effect
2. success

   Synonym: sucesso

   Espero que ele tenha êxito.

   I hope that he will succeed.

   O êxito de Marilyn Monroe não a fez feliz.

   Marilyn Monroe's success did not make her happy.

Usage notes

• Êxito is a false friend, and does not mean "exit". The word for "exit" in Portuguese is saída.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:êxito.