exequatur

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exequātur.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛksɪˈkweɪtə/

Noun

exequatur (plural exequaturs)

1. An official authorization given by a government to a consul etc.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 716:

     I must briefly visit Sweden and if possible Paris. I hope to get the necessary exequatur this week for both […]

Translations

Translations

• Russian: экзеквату́ра (ru) f (ekzekvatúra)
• Spanish: execuátur (es) m, exequatur (es) m, exequátur (es) m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.sɛˈkʷaː.tʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eɡ.zeˈkʷaː.tur]

Verb

exequātur

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of exequor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin exequātur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡseˈkwatuɾ/ [eɣ̞.seˈkwa.t̪uɾ]
• Rhymes: -atuɾ
• Syllabification: e‧xe‧qua‧tur

Noun

exequatur m (plural exequatur)

1. alternative form of execuátur

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “exequatur”, 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
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “exequatur”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA