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

  1. 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

  1. benefit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -itʃo
  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fì‧cio

Etymology 1

From Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural benefici)

  1. benefit
  2. profit, gain
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiare

Further reading

  • beneficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

beneficiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of beneficium

References

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧ci‧o

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Etymology 2

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of benefício

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Further reading