etcétera

See also: etcetera, etcètera, et cetera, and et cétéra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• etc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Latin expression et cētera (and stuff, and the rest of the things).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /etˈsɛ.te.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /etˈsɛ.te.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /etˈsɛ.te.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈtsɛ.tɨ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: et‧cé‧te‧ra

Adverb

etcétera

1. et cetera, and so on

Further reading

• “etcétera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “etcétera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• etcétera on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Alternative forms

• etc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Latin expression et cētera (and stuff, and the rest of the things).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /etˈθeteɾa/ [et̪ˈθe.t̪e.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eˈtseteɾa/ [eˈt̪se.t̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eteɾa
• Syllabification: et‧cé‧te‧ra

Adverb

etcétera

1. et cetera, and so on

Noun

etcétera m (plural etcéteras)

1. long list
   • 2016 July, “El populista corrupto”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Difícil creer por estos tiempos de tsunamis de petróleo, oro, coltán, diamantes y demás etcéteras que el ciudadano común no alcanza a imaginar pero cuyos efectos que pudieran ser beneficiosos terminan, por arte de birlibirloque, en manos de políticos populistas que, como vulgares asaltantes de bancos, se disfrazan de gente del montón para encañonar a los cajeros y ponerle la mano al botín, valga decir, el tesoro público.

     It's difficult to believe in these times of tsunamis of oil, gold, coltan, diamonds and other sundries that the common citizen cannot imagine but whose effects that could be beneficial end up, out of the blue, in the hands of populist politicians who, like vulgar assailants of banks, disguise themselves as ordinary people to point guns at the tellers and get their hands on the loot, that is, the public treasury.

Further reading

• “etcétera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28