acto
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Ladino
Noun
acto m (Latin spelling)
- Alternative spelling of akto
- 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roș Așana i Kipur, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca și D. Baraș, Socieatate in Comandita, page 5:
- Por ke tus actos escondidos, delantre de el son aclarados
- Because your hidden acts, in front of him are clear
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
āctō
References
- acto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Noun
ãcto
Portuguese
Noun
acto m (plural actos)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of ato. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin actus, a noun based on agō (“do”). Doublet of auto, an earlier borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
acto m (plural actos)
- act (something done)
- Fue un acto de valor.
- It was an act of courage.
- (theater) act
- Ahora va a empezar el tercer acto.
- The third act is about to begin.
- ceremony, function
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “acto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014