sujeito
Galician
Noun
sujeito m (plural sujeitos, reintegrationist norm)
- 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]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈʒɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈʒej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈʒej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈʒe.tu/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejtu, (Portugal) -ɐjtu
- Hyphenation: su‧jei‧to
Noun
sujeito m (plural sujeitos)
- (grammar) subject (the noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made)
- guy, bloke, person (unnamed individual)
- Sujeito homem ― Manly man
- Esse sujeito está completamente louco! ― That guy is totally nuts!
- (logic) subject (that of which something is stated)
- (philosophy) subject (a being that has subjective experiences and consciousness)
Related terms
Adjective
sujeito (feminine sujeita, masculine plural sujeitos, feminine plural sujeitas)
- subject
- Todos estão sujeitos à lei.
- Everybody is subject to law.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sujeito
- first-person singular present indicative of sujeitar
Further reading
- “sujeito” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “sujeito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sujeito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025