éxito

Borrowed from Latin exitus (“exit, conclusion, result”), perfect passive participle of exeō (“to go out”). Doublet of ejido (“common land”). Cognate with English exit. The sense developed from “result” to “positive result”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɡsito/ [ˈeɣ̞.si.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡsito
• Syllabification: é‧xi‧to

éxito m (plural éxitos)

1. success
2. hit, something popular or well received

• Éxito is a false friend of English exit. The Spanish word for “exit” is salida.

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