demérito

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demeritus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾitu

Noun

demérito m (plural deméritos)

1. demerit, lack of merit

   Synonym: desmérito

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈmeɾito/ [d̪eˈme.ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾito
• Syllabification: de‧mé‧ri‧to

Noun

demérito m (plural deméritos)

1. demerit

Further reading

• “demérito”, 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