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Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin placitum. Cognate with Spanish pleito and English plea.
Pronunciation
Noun
pleito m (plural pleitos)
- lawsuit
- Synonym: processo
- disagreement, argument
- Synonyms: discussão, briga
- electoral debate
- (archaic) pact
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Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Medieval Latin placitum. Cognate with Portuguese pleito and English plea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleito/
- Rhymes: -eito
- Syllabification: plei‧to
Noun
pleito m (plural pleitos)
- (law) lawsuit
- Synonyms: juicio, demanda, proceso
2024 January 9, Miguel Jiménez, Iker Seisdedos, “Caso cerrado: el Thyssen gana el pleito para quedarse el ‘pisarro’ expoliado por los nazis”, in El País:Un pleito millonario de casi dos décadas había quedado reducido a una pregunta aparentemente simple para resolverlo: ¿se debe aplicar la ley española o la californiana?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Latin America) fight
- Synonym: pelea
- (Latin America) argument
- Synonym: discusión
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