nepotismo

Borrowed from Spanish nepotismo.

• Hyphenation: ne‧po‧tis‧mo
• IPA^(key): /nepoˈtismo/ [n̪e.poˈt̪is̪.mo]

nepotismo

1. nepotism

• IPA^(key): /nepoˈtismo/

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ne‧po‧tis‧mo

nepotismo (uncountable, accusative nepotismon)

1. nepotism

• IPA^(key): /nepoˈtismo/

nepotismo (plural nepotismi)

1. nepotism

• nipotismo (rare)

From nepote (“grandchild”) +‎ -ismo.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ne.poˈtiz.mo/
• Rhymes: -izmo
• Hyphenation: ne‧po‧tì‧smo

nepotismo m (plural nepotismi)

1. nepotism

• nepotista
• nepotistico

• → French: népotisme
  • → English: nepotism
• → German: Nepotismus

• sopimento

From nepote (“nephew of the Pope”) +‎ -ismo (“-ism”), from Latin nepōs (“nephew”), Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

nepotismo m (plural nepotismos)

1. (historical) the practice of popes appointing nephews as cardinals
2. nepotism (favoring of relatives or personal friends)

   Synonyms: favorecimento, favoritismo

   Antonym: meritocracia

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

• IPA^(key): /nepoˈtismo/ [ne.poˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ne‧po‧tis‧mo

nepotismo m (plural nepotismos)

1. nepotism

   Synonym: cuñadismo

• “nepotismo”, 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 nepotismo, from Italian nepotismo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nepoˈtismo/ [n̪ɛ.poˈt̪is.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ne‧po‧tis‧mo

nepotismo (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉᜓᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. nepotism

• “nepotismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018