beneficio

See also: benefício, benefició, and beneficiò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.o]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [be.ne.fiˈsi.o]

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish beneficio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈpisjo/, [be.neˈpi.ʃo]
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧cio

Noun

beneficio

1. benefit

Related terms

• beneficiario

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fì‧cio

Etymology 1

From Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural benefici)

1. benefit
2. profit, gain

Derived terms

• beneficiare

Etymology 2

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiare

Further reading

• beneficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɛ.nɛˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [be.neˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Noun

beneficiō

1. dative/ablative singular of beneficium

References

• "beneficio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsi.u/

• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧ci‧o

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Etymology 2

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of benefício

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈfiθjo/ [be.neˈfi.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beneˈfisjo/ [be.neˈfi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -iθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: be‧ne‧fi‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

1. benefit

   Synonym: provecho

   • 2025 March 29, Brenda Goodman, “Su investigación reveló un problema de seguridad con una vacuna. Los Instituos Nacionales de Salud le retiraron los fondos”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Negó ser antivacunas y ha dicho que quiere que la gente conozca los riesgos y beneficios de las vacunas antes de vacunarse, un principio llamado consentimiento informado.

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2. profit

   Synonym: ganancia

   • 2023 March 7, Cristina Galindo, “Los ingresos de la plataforma de ropa Zalando se estancan y anuncia “cientos” de despidos”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 8 March 2023:

     La compañía alemana acusa el fin del auge del comercio electrónico y los beneficios se hunden un 92% en 2022[.] […] El beneficio neto de explotación (Ebit) se redujo un 60%, hasta 184,6 millones, y el margen operativo ha pasado del 4,5% al 1,8%.

     The German company is facing the end of the e-commerce boom and profits plunge 92% in 2022[.] […] Net operating profit (EBIT) fell by 60% to €184.6 million, and the operating margin fell from 4.5% to 1.8%.

Derived terms

• a beneficio de inventario
• beneficiar
• beneficio de la duda
• beneficioso
• benéfico
• margen de beneficios
• sin oficio ni beneficio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Further reading

• “beneficio”, 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