beneficio

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.u]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.o]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [be.ne.fiˈsi.o]

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish beneficio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beneˈpisjo/, [be.neˈpi.ʃo]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧cio

Noun

beneficio

  1. benefit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -itʃo
  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fì‧cio

Etymology 1

From Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural benefici)

  1. benefit
  2. profit, gain
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiare

Further reading

  • beneficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

beneficiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of beneficium

References

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.u/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.o/

  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧ci‧o

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Etymology 2

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of benefício.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beneˈfiθjo/ [be.neˈfi.θjo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /beneˈfisjo/ [be.neˈfi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
  • Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: be‧ne‧fi‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

  1. benefit
    Synonym: provecho
  2. profit
    Synonym: ganancia
    • 2023 March 7, Cristina Galindo, “Los ingresos de la plataforma de ropa Zalando se estancan y anuncia “cientos” de despidos”, in El País[1]:
      La compañía alemana acusa el fin del auge del comercio electrónico y los beneficios se hunden un 92% en 2022[.]
      The German company is facing the end of the e-commerce boom and profits plunge 92% in 2022[.]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Further reading