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pretexto

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See also: pretextó

Ido

Etymology

pre- +‎ texto

Noun

pretexto (plural pretexti)

pretext

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praetextus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtes.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈteʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtes.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtɐjʃ.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈteʃ.tu/

Hyphenation: pre‧tex‧to

Noun

pretexto m (plural pretextos)

pretext

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾeˈteɡsto/ [pɾeˈt̪eɣ̞s.t̪o]
Rhymes: -eɡsto
Syllabification: pre‧tex‧to

Etymology 1

From pre- +‎ texto.

Noun

pretexto m (plural pretextos)

pretext

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

pretexto

first-person singular present indicative of pretextar

Further reading

“pretexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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