suspeita

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sospeita (obsolete)
• sospeyta (obsolete)
• suspeyta (obsolete)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from suspeitar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈpej.tɐ/ [susˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈpej.tɐ/ [susˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpej.tɐ/ [suʃˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈpej.ta/ [susˈpeɪ̯.ta]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpɐj.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpɐj.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpej.tɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpej.tɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpe.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: sus‧pei‧ta

Noun

suspeita f (plural suspeitas)

1. suspicion

Related terms

• suspeitar
• suspeito

Etymology 2

Adjective

suspeita

1. feminine singular of suspeito

Noun

suspeita f (plural suspeitas)

1. female equivalent of suspeito

Etymology 3

Verb

suspeita

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

Further reading

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