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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin subditus.
Pronunciation
Noun
súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of súdito.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish subdito, borrowed from Latin subditus.
Adjective
súbdito (feminine súbdita, masculine plural súbditos, feminine plural súbditas)
- subject
Noun
súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)
- subject (citizen in a monarchy or person ruled over by another)
- underling, minion
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 179:El que pretende ver la flor de la higuera en la noche de San Juan, debe prepararse para ver primero al demonio con todos sus súbditos. Si tiene coraje para arrostrar este prueba y sale airoso de ella, su fortuna está asegurada.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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