depósito

See also: deposito, depositó, and depositò

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈpɔ.zi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈpɔ.zi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈpɔ.zi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈpɔ.zi.tu/

• Hyphenation: de‧pó‧si‧to

Noun

depósito m (plural depósitos)

1. deposit
   1. (geology) sediment or rock different from the surrounding material
   2. (banking) money placed in an account

      Antonym: saque

   3. anything left behind on a surface
2. store; depot; warehouse (place where items may be kept)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēpositum. Compare English deposit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈposito/ [d̪eˈpo.si.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -osito
• Syllabification: de‧pó‧si‧to

Noun

depósito m (plural depósitos)

1. deposit

   Synonym: ingreso

2. store, stock, depot, warehouse, repository
3. tank, reservoir
4. (Spain) pound, car pound (UK); impound lot, impound (US)

   Synonyms: depósito municipal, (Mexico) corralón

5. sediment, dregs

   Synonyms: concho, decantación

Hyponyms

• depósito de cadáveres
• depósito legal
• depósito mineral (“mineral deposit”)

Derived terms

• en depósito

 

Related terms

• deponer
• deposición
• depositar

 

Further reading

• “depósito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16