decreto

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretar

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin dēcrētum.

• IPA^(key): [deˈkɾɛtʊ]

decreto m (plural decretos)

1. decree

• decretar

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “decreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “decreto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “decreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “decreto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “decreto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

decreto (plural decretos)

1. decree

• decretar

Borrowed from Latin dēcrētum.

• IPA^(key): /deˈkre.to/, /deˈkrɛ.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
• Hyphenation: de‧cré‧to, de‧crè‧to

decreto m (plural decreti)

1. decree

• decernere

Borrowed from Latin dēcrētus.

• IPA^(key): /deˈkrɛ.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛto
• Hyphenation: de‧crè‧to

decreto (feminine decreta, masculine plural decreti, feminine plural decrete)

1. (archaic) decreed, established

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /deˈkre.to/, /deˈkrɛ.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
• Hyphenation: de‧cré‧to, de‧crè‧to

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretare

• cedreto, detorce

dēcrētō n

1. dative/ablative singular of dēcrētum

• Rhymes: -ɛtu

• Hyphenation: de‧cre‧to

Borrowed from Latin decretum.

decreto m (plural decretos)

1. decree

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretar

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

• IPA^(key): /deˈkɾeto/ [d̪eˈkɾe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: de‧cre‧to

Borrowed from Latin decretum.

decreto m (plural decretos)

1. decree

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

decreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of decretar

• “decreto”, 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