crédito

See also: credito

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian credito, or Latin creditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of creditus, past participe of credere (“to believe”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.d͡ʒi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.d͡ʒi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.d͡ʒi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.di.tu/ [ˈkɾɛ.ði.tu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: cré‧di‧to

Noun

crédito m (plural créditos)

1. credit

Further reading

• “crédito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “crédito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of creditus, past participe of credere (“to believe”) (or possibly through the intermediate of Italian credito, especially in the case of the financial/mercantile sense). Doublet of creído.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾedito/ [ˈkɾe.ð̞i.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -edito
• Syllabification: cré‧di‧to

Noun

crédito m (plural créditos)

1. (finance) credit

   Antonym: débito

Derived terms

• a crédito
• acreditar
• crédito público
• dar crédito
• entidad de crédito
• línea de crédito
• riesgo de crédito
• tarjeta de crédito
• títulos de crédito
• tramitar crédito
• transferencia de crédito

Related terms

• acreer
• credibilidad
• crediticio
• creer

Further reading

• “crédito”, 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

Anagrams

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