exceto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• excepto (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exceptus, from excipiō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsɛ.tu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃˈsɛ.tu/, /ɐjˈʃɛ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃˈsɛ.tu/, /ɐjˈʃɛ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ejʃˈsɛ.tu/, /ejˈʃɛ.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ejʃˈsɛ.tu/, /ejˈʃɛ.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /eʃˈsɛ.tu/, /eˈʃɛ.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈʃɛ.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: ex‧ce‧to

Preposition

exceto

1. except, other than

   Synonyms: menos, salvo

   Todos foram à festa, exceto eu.

   Everybody went to the party, except me.

Related terms

• exceção

Further reading

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