prestigio

See also: prestígio, prestigió, and prestigiò

Italian

Etymology

From Latin praestigium. Cognate with Catalan prestigi, French prestige, Portuguese prestígio, Spanish prestigio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈsti.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -idʒo
• Hyphenation: pre‧stì‧gio

Noun

prestigio m (plural prestigi)

1. prestige, status

Related terms

• gioco di prestigio
• prestigiare
• prestigiatore
• prestigiazione
• prestigioso

Further reading

• prestigio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtixjo/ [pɾesˈt̪i.xjo]
• Rhymes: -ixjo
• Syllabification: pres‧ti‧gio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin praestigium. Cognate with Catalan prestigi, French prestige, Italian prestigio, Portuguese prestígio.

Noun

prestigio m (plural prestigios)

1. prestige, standing, (good) reputation, good name, face, kudos
2. cachet

Derived terms

• de prestigio (“prestigious, renowned, respected”)

Related terms

• desprestigiar
• desprestigio
• prestigiar
• prestigioso

Etymology 2

Verb

prestigio

1. first-person singular present indicative of prestigiar

Further reading

• “prestigio”, 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