acto

acto m

1. alternative spelling of akto
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roș Așana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca și D. Baraș, Socieatate in Comandita, page 5:

     Por ke tus actos escondidos, delantre de el son aclarados

     Because your hidden acts, in front of him are clear

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaːk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈak.t̪o]

āctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āctus

• "acto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• IPA^(key): /ˈäːt͡stɔː/

ãcto

1. genitive singular of ãctas (“vinegar”)

acto m (plural actos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ato. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Borrowed from Latin actus, a noun based on agō (“do”). Doublet of auto, an earlier borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡto/ [ˈaɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: ac‧to

acto m (plural actos)

1. act (something done)

   Fue un acto de valor.

   It was an act of courage.

2. (theater) act

   Ahora va a empezar el tercer acto.

   The third act is about to begin.

3. ceremony, function

   Synonyms: ceremonia, función

• “acto”, 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