beneplácito

See also: beneplacito

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin beneplacitum. Cognate with Spanish beneplácito and Italian beneplacito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈpla.si.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈpla.si.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈpla.si.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨˈpla.si.tu/

• Rhymes: -asitu
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧plá‧ci‧to

Noun

beneplácito m (plural beneplácitos)

1. consent, approval, permission

   Synonyms: consenso, aprovação, permissão

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin beneplacitum. Cognate with Portuguese beneplácito and Italian beneplacito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beneˈplaθito/ [be.neˈpla.θi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /beneˈplasito/ [be.neˈpla.si.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aθito
• Rhymes: -asito
• Syllabification: be‧ne‧plá‧ci‧to

Noun

beneplácito m (plural beneplácitos)

1. consent, approval, permission

   Synonyms: consenso, aprobación, permisión

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 16:

     Pierde su tiempo el individuo que trata de apoderarse del tesoro sin el beneplácito de su guardador.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “beneplácito”, 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