perjuicio
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeiudicium, with later alteration of the suffix. Doublet of prejuicio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾˈxwiθjo/ [peɾˈxwi.θjo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /peɾˈxwisjo/ [peɾˈxwi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: per‧jui‧cio
Noun
perjuicio m (plural perjuicios)
- detriment (the opposite of a benefit)
- Synonym: detrimento
- Antonym: beneficio
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: perhuwisyo
- → Tagalog: perhuwisyo
Further reading
- “perjuicio”, 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