decreto

See also: decretó and decretò

Catalan

Verb

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin dēcrētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈkɾɛtʊ]

Noun

decreto m (plural decretos)

1. decree

Derived terms

• decretar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “decreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “decreto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “decreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “decreto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “decreto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Noun

decreto (plural decretos)

1. decree

Related terms

• decretar

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dēcrētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈkre.to/, /deˈkrɛ.to/
• Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
• Hyphenation: de‧cré‧to, de‧crè‧to

Noun

decreto m (plural decreti)

1. decree

Related terms

• decernere

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin dēcrētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈkrɛ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛto
• Hyphenation: de‧crè‧to

Adjective

decreto (feminine decreta, masculine plural decreti, feminine plural decrete)

1. (archaic) decreed, established

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈkre.to/, /deˈkrɛ.to/
• Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
• Hyphenation: de‧cré‧to, de‧crè‧to

Verb

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretare

Anagrams

• cedreto, detorce

Latin

Noun

dēcrētō

1. dative/ablative singular of dēcrētum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈkɾɛ.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈkɾɛ.tu/

• Hyphenation: de‧cre‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin decretum.

Noun

decreto m (plural decretos)

1. decree

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈkɾeto/ [d̪eˈkɾe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: de‧cre‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin decretum.

Noun

decreto m (plural decretos)

1. decree

Derived terms

• decretazo
• decreto judicial
• decreto ley
• por decreto
• real decreto

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretar

Further reading

• “decreto”, 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