sujeito

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sogeito, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin subiectus. Compare Spanish sujeto (definitely a borrowing) and Galician suxeito.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.to/ [suˈʒeɪ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʒe.tu/

Rhymes: -ejtu
Hyphenation: su‧jei‧to

Noun

sujeito m (plural sujeitos)

subject
guy, bloke, person (unnamed individual)
Esse sujeito está completamente louco!
That guy is totally nuts!

Adjective

sujeito (feminine sujeita, masculine plural sujeitos, feminine plural sujeitas)

subject
Todos estão sujeitos à lei.
Everybody is subject to law.

Verb

sujeito

first-person singular present indicative of sujeitar

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