hipoteca

Borrowed from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.puˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.poˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.poˈte.ka]

hipoteca f (plural hipoteques)

1. mortgage

• hipotecar
• hipotecari

• “hipoteca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Attested since 1384. Learned borrowing from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).

• IPA^(key): [ipoˈtɛkɐ]

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage (special form of secured loan)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ypoteca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poteca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hipoteca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hipoteca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Learned borrowing from Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē).

• hypotheca (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧ca

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage (special form of secured loan)

• hipotecado
• hipotecar
• hipotecário
• hipotecável

hipoteca

1. inflection of hipotecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈteka/ [i.poˈt̪e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧te‧ca

From Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē). Compare Scottish English hypothec.

hipoteca f (plural hipotecas)

1. mortgage

hipoteca

1. inflection of hipotecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “hipoteca”, 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