árbitro

See also: arbitro, arbitró, and arbitrò

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbitrum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.bi.tɾu/ [ˈaɦ.bi.tɾu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.bi.tɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.bi.tɾu/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.bi.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.bi.tɾo/ [ˈaɦ.bi.tɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.bi.tɾu/ [ˈaɾ.βi.tɾu]

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)

Noun

árbitro m or f by sense or m (plural árbitros, feminine árbitra, feminine plural árbitras)

(sports) referee (umpire, judge, the supervisor of a game)
Synonym: juiz
referee (person who settles a dispute)
Synonym: juiz

Further reading

“árbitro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“árbitro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbiter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾbitɾo/ [ˈaɾ.β̞i.t̪ɾo]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾbitɾo
Syllabification: ár‧bi‧tro

Noun

árbitro m (plural árbitros, feminine árbitra, feminine plural árbitras)

(sports) official (e.g. referee or umpire)
Synonym: juez

Related terms

Further reading

“árbitro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025