provecto

Latin

Participle

prōvectō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prōvectus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin provectus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈvɛk.tu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈvɛ.ktu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈvɛ.ktu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈbɛ.ktu/ [pɾuˈβɛ.ktu]

• Hyphenation: pro‧vec‧to

Adjective

provecto (feminine provecta, masculine plural provectos, feminine plural provectas)

1. advanced
2. old; ancient

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōvectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈbeɡto/ [pɾoˈβ̞eɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: pro‧vec‧to

Adjective

provecto (feminine provecta, masculine plural provectos, feminine plural provectas)

1. old; ancient

Further reading

• “provecto”, 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