lícito

See also: licito and licitó

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin licitus (“lawful”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.si.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.si.tu/

• Hyphenation: lí‧ci‧to

Adjective

lícito (feminine lícita, masculine plural lícitos, feminine plural lícitas)

1. licit
2. lawful

   Synonym: legítimo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin licitus (“lawful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliθito/ [ˈli.θi.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlisito/ [ˈli.si.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθito (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isito (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: lí‧ci‧to

Adjective

lícito (feminine lícita, masculine plural lícitos, feminine plural lícitas)

1. licit

   Synonym: legal

   Antonyms: ilícito, ilegal

2. just, fair

   Synonym: justo

   Antonym: injusto

Derived terms

• lícitamente
• licitud

Further reading

• “lícito”, 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

Anagrams

• lítico