perito

• IPA^(key): /peˈri.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: pe‧rì‧to

From Latin perītus.

perito (feminine perita, masculine plural periti, feminine plural perite)

1. (literary) expert, skillful

   Synonyms: capace, competente, pratico, preparato

   Antonyms: incapace, incompetente, imperito, impreparato, inesperto

perito m (plural periti)

1. expert
2. surveyor

• Albeit masculine, the noun is used in reference to both males and females. The rare feminine form perita also exists.

From Latin peritus, past participle of pereō (“to disappear; to die”).

perito (feminine perita, masculine plural periti, feminine plural perite)

1. past participle of perire

• Pietro, ipetro, poteri, potrei, protei, ripeto, ripoté, tepori

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈriː.toː/, [pɛˈriːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈri.to/, [peˈriːt̪o]

perītō

1. second/third-person singular future impersonal active imperative of pereō

• “perito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin perītus.

• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧to

perito (feminine perita, masculine plural peritos, feminine plural peritas)

1. expert (extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable)

   Synonyms: especialista, experto

perito m (plural peritos)

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability)

   Synonyms: especialista, experto

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾito/ [peˈɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧to

Borrowed from Latin perītus.

perito (feminine perita, masculine plural peritos, feminine plural peritas)

1. expert

   Synonyms: experto, conocedor

2. experienced

   Synonyms: experimentado, avezado, ducho

perito m (plural peritos)

1. expert

   Synonyms: experto, conocedor

2. (law) expert witness (ellipsis of perito judicial.)

   Synonym: testigo pericial

perito

1. first-person singular present indicative of peritar

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

• prieto

Borrowed from Spanish perito, from Latin perītus.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /peˈɾito/ [pɛˈɾi.to]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧to

perito (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. expert

   Synonyms: dalubhasa, eksperto

• “perito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018