hipoteca

See also: hipotecá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [i.puˈte̞.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.poˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.puˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [i.poˈte.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipoteques)

1. mortgage

Related terms

• hipotecar
• hipotecari

Further reading

• “hipoteca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1384. Learned borrowing from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ipoˈtɛkɐ]

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage (special form of secured loan)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ypoteca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “hipoteca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hipoteca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hipoteca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē).

Alternative forms

• hypotheca (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈtɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.puˈtɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧ca

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage (special form of secured loan)

Related terms

• hipotecado
• hipotecar
• hipotecário
• hipotecável

Etymology 2

Verb

hipoteca

1. inflection of hipotecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hipoteca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈteka/ [i.poˈt̪e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧te‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē). Compare Scottish English hypothec.

Noun

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage

Derived terms

• hipotecar
• hipotecario

Etymology 2

Verb

hipoteca

1. inflection of hipotecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hipoteca”, 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