compito

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See also: compitò

Galician

Verb

compito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of competir

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔm.pi.to/, (traditional) /ˈkom.pi.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔmpito, (traditional) -ompito
  • Hyphenation: còm‧pi‧to, (traditional) cóm‧pi‧to

Verb

compito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of compitare

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *compitus, from Latin computus. Doublet of computo and conto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈpi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: com‧pì‧to

Adjective

compito (feminine compita, masculine plural compiti, feminine plural compite, superlative compitissimo)

  1. poised
  2. polite, well-mannered
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Deverbal from compitare (to spell; to enunciate) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

compito m (plural compiti)

  1. job, task
  2. homework, assignment (school)
  3. (usually in the plural) housework

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 compito in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Noun

compitō

  1. dative/ablative singular of compitum

Portuguese

Verb

compito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of competir

Spanish

Verb

compito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of competir