hipoteca

See also: hipotecá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.puˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.poˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.poˈte.ka]

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipoteques)

1. mortgage

Related terms

• hipotecar
• hipotecari

Further reading

• “hipoteca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1384. Learned borrowing from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ipoˈtɛkɐ]

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage (special form of secured loan)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ypoteca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poteca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hipoteca”, 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), “hipoteca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē).

Alternative forms

• hypotheca (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈtɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.puˈtɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧ca

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage (special form of secured loan)

Related terms

• hipotecado
• hipotecar
• hipotecário
• hipotecável

Etymology 2

Verb

hipoteca

1. inflection of hipotecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈteka/ [i.poˈt̪e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧te‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē). Compare Scottish English hypothec.

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage

Derived terms

• hipotecar
• hipotecario

Etymology 2

Verb

hipoteca

1. inflection of hipotecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hipoteca”, 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