súbdito

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See also: subdito

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin subditus.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: súb‧di‧to

Noun

súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)

  1. 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)

  1. subject

Noun

súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)

  1. subject (citizen in a monarchy or person ruled over by another)
  2. 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.
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