sujeito

Galician

Noun

sujeito m (plural sujeitos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of suxeito

Further reading

  • sujeito” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sogeito, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin subiectus. Compare Spanish sujeto (definitely a borrowing) and Galician suxeito.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈʒej.tu/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈʒej.to/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.to]
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejtu, (Portugal) -ɐjtu
  • Hyphenation: su‧jei‧to

Noun

sujeito m (plural sujeitos)

  1. (grammar) subject (the noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made)
  2. guy, bloke, person (unnamed individual)
    Sujeito homemManly man
    Esse sujeito está completamente louco!That guy is totally nuts!
  3. (logic) subject (that of which something is stated)
  4. (philosophy) subject (a being that has subjective experiences and consciousness)

Adjective

sujeito (feminine sujeita, masculine plural sujeitos, feminine plural sujeitas)

  1. subject
    Todos estão sujeitos à lei.
    Everybody is subject to law.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sujeito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sujeitar

Further reading