êxito

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See also: exito and éxito

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exitus. Compare Galician and Spanish éxito, Catalan èxit and Italian esito.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈɐj.zi.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈej.zi.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/, /ˈej.zi.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zi.tu/

Hyphenation: ê‧xi‧to

Noun

êxito m (plural êxitos)

result, end, consequence, effect
success
Synonym: sucesso

Espero que ele tenha êxito.
I hope that he will succeed.

O êxito de Marilyn Monroe não a fez feliz.
Marilyn Monroe's success did not make her happy.

Usage notes

Êxito is a false friend, and does not mean "exit". The word for "exit" in Portuguese is saída.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:êxito.

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