beneficiar

to benefit

verb beh-neh-fee-SYAHR Less Common

Origin: From Latin beneficiare, to do good to.

Usage Note

Beneficiar can be transitive (el acuerdo beneficia a todos, 'the agreement benefits everyone') or reflexive (beneficiarse de, 'to benefit from'). The reflexive construction with de is more common in everyday speech than the bare reflexive. The noun is beneficio (m), and the adjective beneficioso/a means 'beneficial'.

Examples

"El acuerdo beneficia a las dos partes."

Natural Translation

The agreement benefits both parties.

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