aspecto

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aspectus.

Noun

aspecto m (plural aspectos)

1. appearance, look
2. aspect

Latin

Alternative forms

• adspectō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Latin aspiciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin aspectō

From aspiciō (“look at, see”) + -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈpɛk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈpɛk.to]

Verb

aspectō (present infinitive aspectāre, perfect active aspectāvī, supine aspectātum); first conjugation

1. to look at attentively; observe, watch, regard
2. to look at with respect or desire; pay attention to
3. to look or lie towards, overlook

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aspectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	aspectō		aspectās		aspectat		aspectāmus		aspectātis		aspectant
	imperfect	aspectābam		aspectābās		aspectābat		aspectābāmus		aspectābātis		aspectābant
	future	aspectābō		aspectābis		aspectābit		aspectābimus		aspectābitis		aspectābunt
	perfect	aspectāvī		aspectāvistī		aspectāvit		aspectāvimus		aspectāvistis		aspectāvērunt, aspectāvēre
	pluperfect	aspectāveram		aspectāverās		aspectāverat		aspectāverāmus		aspectāverātis		aspectāverant
	future perfect	aspectāverō		aspectāveris		aspectāverit		aspectāverimus		aspectāveritis		aspectāverint
passive	present	aspector		aspectāris, aspectāre		aspectātur		aspectāmur		aspectāminī		aspectantur
	imperfect	aspectābar		aspectābāris, aspectābāre		aspectābātur		aspectābāmur		aspectābāminī		aspectābantur
	future	aspectābor		aspectāberis, aspectābere		aspectābitur		aspectābimur		aspectābiminī		aspectābuntur
	perfect	aspectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aspectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aspectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	aspectem		aspectēs		aspectet		aspectēmus		aspectētis		aspectent
	imperfect	aspectārem		aspectārēs		aspectāret		aspectārēmus		aspectārētis		aspectārent
	perfect	aspectāverim		aspectāverīs		aspectāverit		aspectāverīmus		aspectāverītis		aspectāverint
	pluperfect	aspectāvissem		aspectāvissēs		aspectāvisset		aspectāvissēmus		aspectāvissētis		aspectāvissent
passive	present	aspecter		aspectēris, aspectēre		aspectētur		aspectēmur		aspectēminī		aspectentur
	imperfect	aspectārer		aspectārēris, aspectārēre		aspectārētur		aspectārēmur		aspectārēminī		aspectārentur
	perfect	aspectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aspectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		aspectā		—		—		aspectāte		—
	future	—		aspectātō		aspectātō		—		aspectātōte		aspectantō
passive	present	—		aspectāre		—		—		aspectāminī		—
	future	—		aspectātor		aspectātor		—		—		aspectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		aspectāre			aspectārī			aspectāns			—
future		aspectātūrum esse			aspectātum īrī			aspectātūrus			aspectandus
perfect		aspectāvisse			aspectātum esse			—			aspectātus
future perfect		—			aspectātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		aspectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		aspectandī		aspectandō		aspectandum		aspectandō		aspectātum		aspectātū

Related terms

• aspiciō
• spectō

Descendants

• Aromanian: ashteptu, ashtiptari
• French: aspecter
• Friulian: spietâ
• Istriot: spattà
• Italian: aspettare
• Neapolitan: aspettà
• Romanian: aștepta, așteptare
• Romansh: spetgar
• Sardinian: aisetare
• Sicilian: aspittari, spittari, astittari
• Venetan: aspetar, spetar

References

• “aspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aspecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aspeto (Portugal)
• aspeito (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aspectus; displaced aspeito, from Old Galician-Portuguese aspeito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈpɛk.tu/, /asˈpɛ.ki.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈpɛk.tu/, /asˈpɛ.ki.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃˈpɛk.tu/, /aʃˈpɛ.ki.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈpɛk.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈpɛ.ktu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛktu
• Hyphenation: as‧pec‧to

Noun

aspecto m (plural aspectos)

1. appearance, look
2. aspect

Usage notes

The forms aspecto and aspeto are both used in Portugal, with aspeto being more common. In Brazil, only the form aspecto is used.

Further reading

• “aspecto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aspecto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “aspecto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aspecto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aspecto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aspecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈpeɡto/ [asˈpeɣ̞.t̪o]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: as‧pec‧to

Noun

aspecto m (plural aspectos)

1. aspect
2. appearance, look

   Synonyms: apariencia, semblante

Derived terms

• aspectado

Related terms

• aspectual

Further reading

• “aspecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025