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Catalan
Verb
protesto
- first-person singular present indicative of protestar
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈtesto/
- Hyphenation: pro‧tes‧to
Noun
protesto (accusative singular proteston, plural protestoj, accusative plural protestojn)
- protest
Derived terms
Galician
Verb
protesto
- first-person singular present indicative of protestar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈtɛ.sto/
- Rhymes: -ɛsto
- Hyphenation: pro‧tè‧sto
Etymology 1
Noun
protesto m (plural protesti)
- (law) protest
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
protesto
- first-person singular present indicative of protestare
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from protestar.
Noun
protesto m (plural protestos)
- protest (collective gesture of disapproval)
- Synonym: manifestação
- complaint (act of complaining)
- Synonyms: queixa, reclamação
- (law) protest (formal objection)
- (law) objection (official protest raised in a court of law)
Interjection
protesto!
- (law) objection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
protesto
- first-person singular present indicative of protestar
References
- “protesto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “protesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “protesto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “protesto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈtesto/
- Rhymes: -esto
- Syllabification: pro‧tes‧to
Etymology 1
Deverbal from protestar.
Noun
protesto m (plural protestos)
- protest
Etymology 2
Verb
protesto
- first-person singular present indicative of protestar
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پروتستو (protesto), from Italian protesto.
Noun
protesto (definite accusative protestoyu, plural protestolar)
- protest
Declension
Derived terms