demérito

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demeritus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmɛ.ɾi.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/

Rhymes: -ɛɾitu

Noun

demérito m (plural deméritos)

demerit, lack of merit
Synonym: desmérito

Further reading

“demérito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈmeɾito/
Rhymes: -eɾito
Syllabification: de‧mé‧ri‧to

Noun

demérito m (plural deméritos)

demerit

Further reading

“demérito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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