erecto
Latin
Participle
ērēctō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ērēctus
Portuguese
Adjective
erecto (feminine erecta, masculine plural erectos, feminine plural erectas)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ereto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Further reading
- “erecto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “erecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērectus. Compare yerto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈɾeɡto/ [eˈɾeɣ̞.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eɡto
- Syllabification: e‧rec‧to
Adjective
erecto (feminine erecta, masculine plural erectos, feminine plural erectas)
Further reading
- “erecto”, 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