beneficio
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.u]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.o]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [be.ne.fiˈsi.o]
Verb
beneficio
- first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish beneficio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beneˈpisjo/, [be.neˈpi.ʃo]
- Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧cio
Noun
beneficio
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -itʃo
- Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fì‧cio
Etymology 1
From Latin beneficium.
Noun
beneficio m (plural benefici)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
beneficio
- first-person singular present indicative of beneficiare
Further reading
- beneficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛˈfɪ.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.neˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]
Noun
beneficiō
- dative/ablative singular of beneficium
References
- "beneficio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈsi.o/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsi.u/
- Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧ci‧o
Verb
beneficio
- first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar
Etymology 2
Noun
beneficio m (plural beneficios)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of benefício
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beneˈfiθjo/ [be.neˈfi.θjo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /beneˈfisjo/ [be.neˈfi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: be‧ne‧fi‧cio
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin beneficium.
Noun
beneficio m (plural beneficios)
- benefit
- Synonym: provecho
- 2025 March 29, Brenda Goodman, “Su investigación reveló un problema de seguridad con una vacuna. Los Instituos Nacionales de Salud le retiraron los fondos”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- Negó ser antivacunas y ha dicho que quiere que la gente conozca los riesgos y beneficios de las vacunas antes de vacunarse, un principio llamado consentimiento informado.
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- profit
- Synonym: ganancia
- 2023 March 7, Cristina Galindo, “Los ingresos de la plataforma de ropa Zalando se estancan y anuncia “cientos” de despidos”, in El País[2], archived from the original on 8 March 2023:
- La compañía alemana acusa el fin del auge del comercio electrónico y los beneficios se hunden un 92% en 2022[.] […] El beneficio neto de explotación (Ebit) se redujo un 60%, hasta 184,6 millones, y el margen operativo ha pasado del 4,5% al 1,8%.
- The German company is facing the end of the e-commerce boom and profits plunge 92% in 2022[.] […] Net operating profit (EBIT) fell by 60% to €184.6 million, and the operating margin fell from 4.5% to 1.8%.
Derived terms
- a beneficio de inventario
- beneficiar
- beneficio de la duda
- beneficioso
- benéfico
- margen de beneficios
- sin oficio ni beneficio
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beneficio
- first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar
Further reading
- “beneficio”, 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