acto
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
āctō
References[edit]
- acto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
acto m (plural actos)
- Superseded spelling of ato. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin actus, a noun based on agō (“do”). Doublet of auto, an earlier borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acto m (plural actos)
- act (something done)
- Fue un acto de valor.
- It was an act of courage.
- (theater) act
- Ahora va a empezar el tercer acto.
- The third act is about to begin.
- ceremony, function
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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