benévolo

See also: benevolo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin benevolus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnɛ.vu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnɛ.vu.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnɛ.bu.lu/ [bɨˈnɛ.βu.lu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛvulu
• Hyphenation: be‧né‧vo‧lo

Adjective

benévolo (feminine benévola, masculine plural benévolos, feminine plural benévolas)

1. benevolent

Further reading

• “benévolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin benevolus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈnebolo/ [beˈne.β̞o.lo]
• Rhymes: -ebolo
• Syllabification: be‧né‧vo‧lo

Adjective

benévolo (feminine benévola, masculine plural benévolos, feminine plural benévolas)

1. benevolent

Related terms

• benevolencia
• benevolente

 

Further reading

• “benévolo”, 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