usufruto
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese usofroyto, from Late Latin ūsufrūctus, from Latin ūsus et frūctus (“use and enjoyment”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.zuˈfɾu.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.zuˈfɾu.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.zuˈfɾu.tu/
- Hyphenation: u‧su‧fru‧to
Noun
usufruto m (plural usufrutos)
- possession, fruition
- Synonym: gozo
- (law) usufruct
Further reading
- “usufruto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “usufruto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026