respeito

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁesˈpej.tu/ [hesˈpeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃˈpej.tu/ [χeʃˈpeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁesˈpej.to/ [hesˈpeɪ̯.to]
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
  • Hyphenation: res‧pei‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin respectus (“respected”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“to look back; to respect”), from re- (“back; again”) + speciō (“to observe, to look at”).

Noun

respeito m (plural respeitos)

  1. (uncountable) respect (admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit)
    Synonyms: admiração, apreço, consideração, deferência
    Antonym: desrespeito
  2. (uncountable) submission
    Synonyms: acatamento, obediência, submissão, subordinação, subserviência, sujeição
  3. respect (a particular aspect of something)
    Synonyms: aspecto, motivo
Derived terms
  • a respeito de
  • com respeito a
  • de respeito
  • dizer respeito a
  • faltar ao respeito

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

respeito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of respeitar

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