benemérito

See also: benemerito

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bene meritus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈmɛ.ɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾitu
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧mé‧ri‧to

Noun

benemérito m (plural beneméritos, feminine benemérita, feminine plural beneméritas)

1. contributor (a benefactor; someone who gives to charity or some cause)
2. somebody who is meritorious

Adjective

benemérito (feminine benemérita, masculine plural beneméritos, feminine plural beneméritas)

1. meritorious

Further reading

• “benemérito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bene meritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈmeɾito/ [be.neˈme.ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾito
• Syllabification: be‧ne‧mé‧ri‧to

Adjective

benemérito (feminine benemérita, masculine plural beneméritos, feminine plural beneméritas)

1. one who is deserving or meritorious

Further reading

• “benemérito”, 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