benévolo

See also: benevolo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin benevolus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnɛ.vu.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnɛ.bu.lu/ [bɨˈnɛ.βu.lu]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛvulu
Hyphenation: be‧né‧vo‧lo

Adjective

benévolo (feminine benévola, masculine plural benévolos, feminine plural benévolas)

benevolent

Further reading

“benévolo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin benevolus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beˈnebolo/ [beˈne.β̞o.lo]
Rhymes: -ebolo
Syllabification: be‧né‧vo‧lo

Adjective

benévolo (feminine benévola, masculine plural benévolos, feminine plural benévolas)

benevolent

Related terms

Further reading

“benévolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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