acto

Ladino

Noun

acto m (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative spelling of akto
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roș Așana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca și D. Baraș, Socieatate in Comandita, page 5:

     Por ke tus actos escondidos, delantre de el son aclarados

     Because your hidden acts, in front of him are clear

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.toː/, [ˈäːkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.to/, [ˈäkt̪o]

Participle

āctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āctus

References

• acto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lithuanian

Noun

ãcto

1. genitive singular of ãctas (“vinegar”)

Portuguese

Noun

acto m (plural actos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ato. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin actus, a noun based on agō (“do”). Doublet of auto, an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡto/ [ˈaɣ̞.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: ac‧to

Noun

acto m (plural actos)

1. act (something done)

   Fue un acto de valor.

   It was an act of courage.

2. (theater) act

   Ahora va a empezar el tercer acto.

   The third act is about to begin.

3. ceremony, function

   Synonyms: ceremonia, función

Derived terms

• acto administrativo
• acto continuo
• acto de habla
• acto fallido
• acto humano
• acto ilícito
• acto jurídico
• acto seguido
• acto sexual
• acto verbal
• Actos de los Apóstoles
• en el acto
• hacer acto de presencia
• salón de actos

 

Related terms

• acción
• actuar

 

Further reading

• “acto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28