emérito

See also: emerito

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmeritus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

• Hyphenation: e‧mé‧ri‧to

Adjective

emérito (feminine emérita, masculine plural eméritos, feminine plural eméritas)

1. emeritus (retired but retaining an honorific version of previous title)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēmeritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈmeɾito/ [eˈme.ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾito
• Syllabification: e‧mé‧ri‧to

Adjective

emérito (feminine emérita, masculine plural eméritos, feminine plural eméritas)

1. emeritus (retired but retaining an honorific version of previous title)

Further reading

• “emérito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16