estricto

Asturian

Adjective

estricto

1. neuter of estrictu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾik.tu/, /esˈtɾik.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾik.tu/, /esˈtɾik.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾik.tu/, /eʃˈtɾik.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾik.tu/

Adjective

estricto (feminine estricta, masculine plural estrictos, feminine plural estrictas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of estrito; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Spanish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *streyg-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *strigtós

Proto-Italic *strigtos

Latin strictuslbor.

Spanish estricto

Learned borrowing from Latin strictus. Doublet of estrecho, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾiɡto/ [esˈt̪ɾiɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -iɡto
• Syllabification: es‧tric‧to

Adjective

estricto (feminine estricta, masculine plural estrictos, feminine plural estrictas)

1. strict

   Synonym: rígido

Derived terms

• estrictamente

Related terms

• estrecho
• estrés

Further reading

• “estricto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025