benévolo
See also: benevolo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin benevolus (“well-willing”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈnɛ.vo.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨˈnɛ.vu.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨˈnɛ.bu.lu/ [bɨˈnɛ.βu.lu]
Adjective
benévolo (feminine benévola, masculine plural benévolos, feminine plural benévolas)
Further reading
- “benévolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin benevolus (“well-willing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈnebolo/ [beˈne.β̞o.lo]
- Rhymes: -ebolo
- Syllabification: be‧né‧vo‧lo
Adjective
benévolo (feminine benévola, masculine plural benévolos, feminine plural benévolas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “benévolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024