estatuto
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.taˈtu.tu/, /es.taˈtu.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.taˈtu.tu/, /eʃ.taˈtu.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.taˈtu.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈtu.tu/
- Hyphenation: es‧ta‧tu‧to
Noun
estatuto m (plural estatutos)
- bylaw (law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization)
- status (a person’s position or standing relative to that of others)
Related terms
Further reading
- “estatuto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “estatuto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “estatuto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin statūtum, neuter singular of statūtus, perfect passive participle of statuō (“to set up, establish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /estaˈtuto/ [es.t̪aˈt̪u.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -uto
- Syllabification: es‧ta‧tu‧to
Noun
estatuto m (plural estatutos)
Further reading
- “estatuto”, 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