cômpito

See also: compito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pi.tu/

• Rhymes: -õpitu
• Hyphenation: côm‧pi‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin compitumlbor.

Portuguese cômpito

Learned borrowing from Latin compitum.

Noun

cômpito m (plural cômpitos)

1. crossroad, intersection (point of concurrence of several paths)

   Synonyms: encruzilhada, interseção

Etymology 2

Alteration of cômputo.

Noun

cômpito m (plural cômpitos)

1. (regional) measure

   Synonym: medida

Further reading

• “cômpito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cômpito”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cômpito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026