pleito

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin placitum. Cognate with Spanish pleito and English plea.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/ [ˈpleɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/ [ˈpleɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.to/ [ˈpleɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈple.tu/

• Hyphenation: plei‧to

Noun

pleito m (plural pleitos)

1. lawsuit

   Synonym: processo

2. disagreement, argument

   Synonyms: discussão, briga

3. electoral debate
4. (archaic) pact

Related terms

• pleitear

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin placitum. Cognate with Portuguese pleito and English plea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleito/ [ˈplei̯.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eito
• Syllabification: plei‧to

Noun

pleito m (plural pleitos)

1. (law) lawsuit

   Synonyms: juicio, demanda, proceso

   • 2024 January 9, Miguel Jiménez, Iker Seisdedos, “Caso cerrado: el Thyssen gana el pleito para quedarse el ‘pisarro’ expoliado por los nazis”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Un pleito millonario de casi dos décadas había quedado reducido a una pregunta aparentemente simple para resolverlo: ¿se debe aplicar la ley española o la californiana?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Latin America) fight

   Synonym: pelea

3. (Latin America) argument

   Synonym: discusión

Derived terms

• buscapleitos
• picapleitos
• pleitear

 

Further reading

• “pleito”, 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