manuscrito

Portuguese

manuscrito

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin manūscrīptum (“thing written by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + scrīptus (“written”), past participle of scrībere (“to write”); calqued from a word of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.nusˈkɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.nusˈkɾi.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.nuʃˈkɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.nusˈkɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nuʃˈkɾi.tu/

• Hyphenation: ma‧nus‧cri‧to

Adjective

manuscrito (feminine manuscrita, masculine plural manuscritos, feminine plural manuscritas)

1. handwritten

Noun

manuscrito m (plural manuscritos)

1. manuscript

Participle

manuscrito (feminine manuscrita, masculine plural manuscritos, feminine plural manuscritas)

1. past participle of manuscrever

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin manū scrīptus (literally “(thing) written by hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manusˈkɾito/ [ma.nusˈkɾi.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ma‧nus‧cri‧to

Adjective

manuscrito (feminine manuscrita, masculine plural manuscritos, feminine plural manuscritas)

1. handwritten

Noun

manuscrito m (plural manuscritos)

1. manuscript

Participle

manuscrito (feminine manuscrita, masculine plural manuscritos, feminine plural manuscritas)

1. past participle of manuscribir

Further reading

• “manuscrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10