perjuicio
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praeiudicium, with later alteration of the prefix. Doublet of prejuicio.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /peɾˈxwiθjo/ [peɾˈxwi.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /peɾˈxwisjo/ [peɾˈxwi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: per‧jui‧cio
Noun
[edit]perjuicio m (plural perjuicios)
- detriment (the opposite of a benefit)
- Synonym: detrimento
- Antonym: beneficio
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Cebuano: perhuwisyo
- → Tagalog: perhuwisyo
Further reading
[edit]- “perjuicio”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iθjo
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- Rhymes:Spanish/isjo
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