superávit
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- superavit, superávite
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈa.vi.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈa.vi.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈa.vi.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈa.bi.tɨ/ [ˌsu.pɛɾˈa.βi.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: su‧pe‧rá‧vit
Noun
superávit m (plural superávits)
- surplus (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin superāvit (literally “it remained, it was left over”), third person singular perfect active indicative of superō (“to be superior, to abound, to be left over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /supeˈɾabit/ [su.peˈɾa.β̞it̪]
- Rhymes: -abit
- Syllabification: su‧pe‧rá‧vit
Noun
superávit m (plural superávits)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “superávit”, 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