provecho
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin prōfectus (“progress, success”). Cognate with English profit.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pɾoˈbet͡ʃo/ [pɾoˈβ̞e.t͡ʃo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -etʃo
- Syllabification: pro‧ve‧cho
Noun
[edit]provecho m (plural provechos)
- benefit, profit
- Synonym: beneficio
- sacarle provecho ― take advantage of it (literally, “get benefit out of it”)
- advantage
- Synonym: ventaja
- worth, worthwhileness
Interjection
[edit]¡provecho!
- (Latin America) enjoy your meal (short for buen provecho)
- Synonym: que aproveche
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “provecho”, 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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