persignarse

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin persignare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /peɾsiɡˈnaɾse/ [peɾ.siɣ̞ˈnaɾ.se]
  • Rhymes: -aɾse
  • Syllabification: per‧sig‧nar‧se

Verb[edit]

persignarse (first-person singular present me persigno, first-person singular preterite me persigné, past participle persignado)

  1. (reflexive, Christianity) to cross oneself, (make the sign of the cross over oneself)
    • 1599, Gaspar_Astete, Catecismo Astete:
      Lo primero puesto de rodillas a los pies del Confesor (si es hombre, sin espada , ni gorro, y con el pelo desatado, y si es muger con la cabeza cubierta) se persignará, é inclinado dirá la confesión general; lo segundo con las manos cruzadas []
      Firstly, crouch'd at the feet of the Confessor (for a man, swordless, hatless and hair untied, and for a woman with the head cover'd) the shalt cross thyself, and bow'd down shalt utter the confession; secondly with the hands cross'd []

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