distrito

From Spanish distrito.

• Hyphenation: dis‧tri‧to

distrito

1. a congressional district
2. a district; a sector; a zone

• (a district): purok

• IPA^(key): /disˈtrito/

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: dis‧tri‧to

distrito (accusative singular distriton, plural distritoj, accusative plural distritojn)

1. singular past nominal passive participle of distri

Borrowed from Spanish distrito, from Latin districtus, from distringĕre.

distríto

1. territory, province, district

Learned borrowing from Latin districtus, from distringō. Doublet of Detroit.

• Hyphenation: dis‧tri‧to

distrito m (plural distritos)

1. district

• distrital

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

Learned borrowing from Latin districtus.

• IPA^(key): /disˈtɾito/ [d̪isˈt̪ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: dis‧tri‧to

distrito m (plural distritos)

1. district

   Synonym: comarca

• “distrito”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish distrito, a learned borrowing from Latin districtus, from distringō, from dis- + stringō.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /disˈtɾito/ [d̪ɪsˈt̪ɾiː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: dis‧tri‧to

distrito (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. district

   Synonym: purok

• “distrito”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “distrito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018