êxito
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin exitus. Compare Galician and Spanish éxito, Catalan èxit and Italian esito.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ê‧xi‧to
Noun
[edit]êxito m (plural êxitos)
- result, end, consequence, effect
- success
- Synonym: sucesso
- 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
[edit]- Êxito is a false friend, and does not mean "exit". The word for "exit" in Portuguese is saída.
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:êxito.