pleito

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin placitum. Cognate with Spanish pleito and English plea.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/ [ˈpleɪ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.to/ [ˈpleɪ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈple.tu/

Hyphenation: plei‧to

Noun

pleito m (plural pleitos)

lawsuit
Synonym: processo
disagreement, argument
Synonyms: discussão, briga
electoral debate
(archaic) pact

Related terms

pleitear

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin placitum. Cognate with Portuguese pleito and English plea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpleito/ [ˈplei̯.t̪o]
Rhymes: -eito
Syllabification: plei‧to

Noun

pleito m (plural pleitos)

(law) lawsuit
Synonyms: juicio, demanda, proceso
- 2024 January 9, Miguel Jiménez, Iker Seisdedos, “Caso cerrado: el Thyssen gana el pleito para quedarse el ‘pisarro’ expoliado por los nazis”, in El País‎:
  Un pleito millonario de casi dos décadas había quedado reducido a una pregunta aparentemente simple para resolverlo: ¿se debe aplicar la ley española o la californiana?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Latin America) fight
Synonym: pelea
(Latin America) argument
Synonym: discusión

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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