bendito

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of bento, Bento, and Benedito.

• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: ben‧di‧to

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. past participle of bendizer

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. blessed; holy (worthy of worship)

   Synonym: bento

• benta
• bênção

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of benito, as well as Old Spanish bendicho.

• IPA^(key): /benˈdito/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧to

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. blessed

   Antonym: maldito

bendito m (plural benditos)

1. (Christianity) A prayer that begins with "Bendito y alabado sea..."

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. (dated, now proscribed) past participle of bendecir

• “bendito”, 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
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• bindito

Borrowed from Spanish bendito, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /benˈdito/ [bɛn̪ˈd̪iː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧to

bendito (feminine bendita, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. blessed

   Synonyms: banal, pinagpala, nabasbasan, biniyayaan, benditado

bendito (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. (Roman Catholicism) prayer that begins with “Bendito y alabado sea […] ”

• “bendito”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “bendito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018