electo

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈlɛkto/ [eˈlɛk.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛkto
• Hyphenation: e‧lec‧to

Adjective

electo (feminine electa, masculine plural electos, feminine plural electas)

1. -elect

Participle

electo (short participle, feminine electa, masculine plural electos, feminine plural electas)

1. past participle of elixir

Further reading

• “electo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Participle

ēlēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ēlēctus

References

• “electo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “electo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti

Proto-Italic *legō

Latin legō

Latin ēligō

Latin ēlēctusbor.

Spanish electo

Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈleɡto/ [eˈleɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: e‧lec‧to

Adjective

electo (feminine electa, masculine plural electos, feminine plural electas)

1. -elect

Participle

electo (feminine electa, masculine plural electos, feminine plural electas)

1. past participle of elegir

Related terms

• elección

Further reading

• “electo”, 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