bendito

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of bento, Bento, and Benedito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈd͡ʒi.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈdi.tu/

• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: ben‧di‧to

Participle

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. past participle of bendizer

Adjective

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. blessed; holy (worthy of worship)

   Synonym: bento

Related terms

• benta
• bênção

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of benito, as well as Old Spanish bendicho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdito/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧to

Adjective

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. blessed

   Antonym: maldito

Derived terms

• agua bendita
• bendito sea Dios
• cardo bendito
• por Dios bendito

 

Noun

bendito m (plural benditos)

1. A prayer that begins with "Bendito y alabado sea..."

Participle

bendito (feminine bendita, masculine plural benditos, feminine plural benditas)

1. (dated, now proscribed) past participle of bendecir

Further reading

• “bendito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• Fundéu
• Nueva gramática de la lengua española

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bindito

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bendito, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /benˈdito/ [bɛn̪ˈd̪iː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧to

Adjective

bendito (feminine bendita, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. blessed

   Synonyms: banal, pinagpala, nabasbasan, biniyayaan, benditado

Related terms

• agwa-bendita
• bendisyon
• bendita
• benditado
• pila de agwa-bendita

 

Noun

bendito (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. (Roman Catholicism) prayer that begins with “Bendito y alabado sea […] ”

Further reading

• “bendito” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bendito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018