Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) debt (action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another)
  2. (feminine, figuratively) obligation

Opposite of
crédito
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒi.vi.dɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese divida, devida, deveda, from Latin dēbita, plural of dēbitum, from dēbitus (“owed”), from dēbeō (“to owe”), from dē + habeō (“to have”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”). Doublet of débito.

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