éxito

Borrowed from Latin exitus (“exit, conclusion, result”), perfect passive participle of exeō (“to go out”). Doublet of ejido (“common land”). Cognate with English exit. The sense developed from “result” to “positive result”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɡsito/ [ˈeɣ̞.si.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡsito
• Syllabification: é‧xi‧to

éxito m (plural éxitos)

1. success

   Synonym: acierto

2. hit (something popular or well received)

   Synonym: hit

   grandes éxitos ― greatest hits

• Éxito is a false friend of English exit. The Spanish word for “exit” is salida.

• “éxito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024