propósito

See also: proposito

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• proposito (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpɔ.zi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpɔ.zi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpɔ.zi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈpɔ.zi.tu/

• Hyphenation: pro‧pó‧si‧to

Noun

propósito m (plural propósitos)

1. purpose; target; aim; goal
2. purpose; motive (reason for which something is done)

Synonyms

• (goal): objetivo, intenção
• (intention): motivo, razão

Related terms

• proposital
• propor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōpositum (“that which is proposed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈposito/ [pɾoˈpo.si.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -osito
• Syllabification: pro‧pó‧si‧to

Noun

propósito m (plural propósitos)

1. purpose
2. resolution

   propósito de Año Nuevo ― New Year's resolution

Derived terms

• a propósito
• de propósito
• fuera de propósito

 

Further reading

• “propósito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16