adicto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒik.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdi.ktu/ [ɐˈði.ktu]

• Hyphenation: a‧dic‧to

Noun

adicto m (plural adictos)

1. addict, junkie (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

   Synonym: viciado

Related terms

• adicção

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdiɡto/ [aˈð̞iɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -iɡto
• Syllabification: a‧dic‧to

Adjective

adicto (feminine adicta, masculine plural adictos, feminine plural adictas)

1. addicted

   Synonym: viciado

Noun

adicto m (plural adictos, feminine adicta, feminine plural adictas)

1. addict
2. junkie (an enthusiast of something)

Related terms

• adicción
• adictivo

Further reading

• “adicto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10