privilegiado

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish privilegiado.

Noun

privilegiado (plural privilegiados)

1. One who has special privileges.
   • 1983 April 16, John Kyper, “Cuba: A Little Sex, No Drugs, and Lotsa Rock 'n Roll”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     Cubans, except for priviligiados ^[sic], were forgidden ^[sic] to shop in the hotel stores, which featured Western merchandise and Eastern propaganda.

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of privilegiar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vi.le.ʒiˈa.du/ [pɾi.vi.le.ʒɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.vi.leˈʒja.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vi.le.ʒiˈa.du/ [pɾi.vi.le.ʒɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.vi.leˈʒja.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vi.le.ʒiˈa.do/ [pɾi.vi.le.ʒɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.vi.leˈʒja.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vi.lɨˈʒja.du/ [pɾi.vi.lɨˈʒja.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vi.lɨˈʒja.du/ [pɾi.vi.lɨˈʒja.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.bi.lɨˈʒja.du/ [pɾi.βi.lɨˈʒja.ðu]

• Hyphenation: pri‧vi‧le‧gi‧a‧do

Adjective

privilegiado (feminine privilegiada, masculine plural privilegiados, feminine plural privilegiadas)

1. privileged

Derived terms

• privilegiadamente

Participle

privilegiado (feminine privilegiada, masculine plural privilegiados, feminine plural privilegiadas)

1. past participle of privilegiar

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of privilegiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾibileˈxjado/ [pɾi.β̞i.leˈxja.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pri‧vi‧le‧gia‧do

Adjective

privilegiado (feminine privilegiada, masculine plural privilegiados, feminine plural privilegiadas)

1. privileged

Derived terms

• privilegiadamente

Participle

privilegiado (feminine privilegiada, masculine plural privilegiados, feminine plural privilegiadas)

1. past participle of privilegiar

Further reading

• “privilegiado”, 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