Polyglot Dictionary

delito

/deˈlitu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os delitos

Meaning

  1. offence

    • Cometeu um delito.

      He committed an offence.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

infração

delito is more serious, a criminal offense; infração is more minor, like a traffic violation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

delito

delito is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "offence."

Spanish

infracción

infracción is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "offence."

Spanish

ofensa

ofensa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "offence."

Practice

1 What does delito mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cometeu um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches delito?

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