emérito
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin ēmeritus.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɛɾitu
Hyphenation: e‧mé‧ri‧to
=== Adjective ===
emérito (feminine emérita, masculine plural eméritos, feminine plural eméritas)
emeritus (retired but retaining an honorific version of previous title)
=== Further reading ===
“emérito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“emérito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“emérito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin ēmeritus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eˈmeɾito/ [eˈme.ɾi.t̪o]
Rhymes: -eɾito
Syllabification: e‧mé‧ri‧to
=== Adjective ===
emérito (feminine emérita, masculine plural eméritos, feminine plural eméritas)
emeritus (retired but retaining an honorific version of previous title)
=== Further reading ===
“emérito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025