eleito

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlej.tu/ [eˈleɪ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlej.to/ [eˈleɪ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈlej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈle.tu/

Rhymes: -ejtu, -ɐjtu
Hyphenation: e‧lei‧to

Adjective

eleito (feminine eleita, masculine plural eleitos, feminine plural eleitas)

elect, elected

Related terms

Participle

eleito (feminine eleita, masculine plural eleitos, feminine plural eleitas)

past participle of eleger

Further reading

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