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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin licitus (“lawful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lícito (feminine lícita, masculine plural lícitos, feminine plural lícitas)
- lawful, licit
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin licitus (“lawful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈliθito/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈlisito/
- Rhymes: -iθito
- Rhymes: -isito
- Syllabification: lí‧ci‧to
Adjective
lícito (feminine lícita, masculine plural lícitos, feminine plural lícitas)
- licit
- Synonym: legal
- Antonyms: ilícito, ilegal
- just, fair
- Synonym: justo
- Antonym: injusto
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