acto

āctō

1. dative masculine singular of āctus
2. dative neuter singular of āctus
3. ablative masculine singular of āctus
4. ablative neuter singular of āctus

• acto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

acto m (plural actos)

1. Alternative spelling of ato (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform, and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect, and as an alternative spelling in Portugal, where the agreement came into effect in May 2009.)

Borrowed from Latin actus, from agō, agere. Doublet of auto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡto/, [ˈaɣt̪o]

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

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.

• en el acto

• acción
• actuar

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