sujeito

Galician

Noun

sujeito m (plural sujeitos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of suxeito

Further reading

• “sujeito” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sogeito, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin subiectus. Compare Spanish sujeto (definitely a borrowing) and Galician suxeito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.to/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒe.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejtu, (Portugal) -ɐjtu
• Hyphenation: su‧jei‧to

Noun

sujeito m (plural sujeitos)

1. (grammar) subject (the noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made)
2. guy, bloke, person (unnamed individual)

   Esse sujeito está completamente louco! ― That guy is totally nuts!

   Sujeito homem ― Manly man

3. (logic) subject (that of which something is stated)
4. (philosophy) subject (a being that has subjective experiences and consciousness)

Related terms

• assujeitar
• subjetivo
• sujeitar

Adjective

sujeito (feminine sujeita, masculine plural sujeitos, feminine plural sujeitas)

1. subject

   Todos estão sujeitos à lei.

   Everybody is subject to law.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sujeito

1. first-person singular present indicative of sujeitar

Further reading

• “sujeito” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “sujeito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “sujeito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025