acto

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.toː/, [ˈäːkt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.to/, [ˈäkt̪o]

āctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āctus

• acto 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)

acto m (plural actos)

1. Superseded spelling of ato. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect.)

Borrowed from Latin actus, a noun based on agō (“do”). Doublet of auto, an earlier borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡto/ [ˈaɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: ac‧to

acto m (plural actos)

1. act (something done)

   Fue un acto de valor.

   It was an act of courage.

2. (theater) act

   Ahora va a empezar el tercer acto.

   The third act is about to begin.

3. ceremony, function

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