desquite

See also: desquité

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈki.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒisˈki.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃˈki.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒiʃˈki.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈki.te/

  • Hyphenation: des‧qui‧te

Noun

desquite m (plural desquites)

  1. divorce (legal separation of spouses)
    Synonyms: divórcio, separação

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desˈkite/ [d̪esˈki.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Syllabification: des‧qui‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desquitar.

Noun

desquite m (plural desquites)

  1. revenge, payback
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 168:
      Cuando arde la oreja izquierda, ya sabe la persona que están hablando mal de ella, y puede, en desquite, hacer que se muerda la lengua el murmurador, con sólo tirarse la oreja derecha.
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Etymology 2

Verb

desquite

  1. inflection of desquitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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