legítimo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lēgitimus (compare Catalan legítim). Doublet of lídimo, and probably lindo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -itimu, (Brazil) -it͡ʃimu Hyphenation: le‧gí‧ti‧mo === Adjective === legítimo (feminine legítima, masculine plural legítimos, feminine plural legítimas) legitimate (all senses) Antonym: ilegítimo rightful legal, lawful Synonym: lícito ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “legítimo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “legítimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lēgitimus (compare Catalan legítim). Probably a doublet of lindo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /leˈxitimo/ [leˈxi.t̪i.mo] Rhymes: -itimo Syllabification: le‧gí‧ti‧mo === Adjective === legítimo (feminine legítima, masculine plural legítimos, feminine plural legítimas) legitimate, rightful, lawful Antonym: ilegítimo real, true Synonym: verdadero above-board (colloquial) legit Synonym: legal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “legítimo”, 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