lícito
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin licitus (“lawful”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.si.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.si.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈli.si.tu/
- Hyphenation: lí‧ci‧to
Adjective
lícito (feminine lícita, masculine plural lícitos, feminine plural lícitas)
Further reading
- “lícito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “lícito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin licitus (“lawful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliθito/ [ˈli.θi.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˈlisito/ [ˈli.si.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθito (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -isito (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: lí‧ci‧to
Adjective
lícito (feminine lícita, masculine plural lícitos, feminine plural lícitas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lícito”, 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