pacto

See also: pactó

Catalan

Verb

pacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pactar

Latin

Noun

pactō n

1. dative/ablative singular of pactum

Participle

pactō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pactus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpak.tu/, /ˈpa.ki.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpak.tu/

• Rhymes: -aktu, (Brazil) -akitu
• Hyphenation: pac‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-der.

Latin pacō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -īscō

Latin pacīscor

Latin pactumlbor.

Portuguese pacto

Learned borrowing from Latin pactum.

Noun

pacto m (plural pactos)

1. pact

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pactar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡto/ [ˈpaɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: pac‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-der.

Latin pacō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -īscō

Latin pacīscor

Latin pactumbor.

Spanish pacto

Borrowed from Latin pactum.

Noun

pacto m (plural pactos)

1. pact
2. contract, agreement

   Synonyms: trato, negociación, convenio

Derived terms

• pacto con el diablo
• pacto sucesorio

Related terms

• pactar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pactar

Further reading

• “pacto”, 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