êxito

See also: exito and éxito

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin exitus. Compare Galician éxito, Spanish éxito, Catalan èxit and Italian esito.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.zi.tu/
Hyphenation: ê‧xi‧to

Noun

êxito m (plural êxitos)

result, end, consequence, effect
success
Espero que ele tenha êxito.
I hope that he will succeed.

O êxito de Marilyn Monroe não a fez feliz.
Marilyn Monroe's success did not make her happy.

Usage notes

Êxito is a false friend, and does not mean "exit". The word for "exit" in Portuguese is saída.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:êxito.

Synonyms

(success): sucesso

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