acto

acto m (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative spelling of akto
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roș Așana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca și D. Baraș, Socieatate in Comandita, page 5:

     Por ke tus actos escondidos, delantre de el son aclarados

     Because your hidden acts, in front of him are clear

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.toː/, [ˈäːkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.to/, [ˈäkt̪o]

āctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āctus

• acto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

ãcto

1. genitive singular of ãctas (“vinegar”)

acto m (plural actos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of ato. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Borrowed from Latin actus, a noun based on agō (“do”). Doublet of auto, an earlier borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡto/ [ˈaɣ̞.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: ac‧to

acto m (plural actos)

1. act (something done)

   Fue un acto de valor.

   It was an act of courage.

2. (theater) act

   Ahora va a empezar el tercer acto.

   The third act is about to begin.

3. ceremony, function

   Synonyms: ceremonia, función

• “acto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014