beneficio

See also: benefício, benefició, and beneficiò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bə.nə.fiˈsi.o]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [be.ne.fiˈsi.o]

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish beneficio.

Noun

beneficio

1. benefit

Related terms

• beneficiario

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fì‧cio

Etymology 1

From Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural benefici)

1. benefit
2. profit, gain

Derived terms

• beneficiare

Etymology 2

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiare

Further reading

• beneficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfi.ki.oː/, [bɛnɛˈfɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [beneˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Noun

beneficiō

1. dative/ablative singular of beneficium

References

• beneficio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

1. Obsolete spelling of benefício.

Etymology 2

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beneˈfiθjo/ [be.neˈfi.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /beneˈfisjo/ [be.neˈfi.sjo]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθjo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -isjo
• Syllabification: be‧ne‧fi‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin beneficium.

Noun

beneficio m (plural beneficios)

1. benefit

   Synonym: provecho

2. profit

   Synonym: ganancia

   • 2023 March 7, Cristina Galindo, “Los ingresos de la plataforma de ropa Zalando se estancan y anuncia “cientos” de despidos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La compañía alemana acusa el fin del auge del comercio electrónico y los beneficios se hunden un 92% en 2022[.]

     The German company is facing the end of the e-commerce boom and profits plunge 92% in 2022[.]

Derived terms

• a beneficio de inventario
• beneficiar
• beneficio de la duda
• beneficioso
• benéfico
• margen de beneficios
• sin oficio ni beneficio

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beneficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar

Further reading

• “beneficio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014