batismo

Portuguese

batismo

Alternative forms

• baptismo (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Semi-learned word from the Old Galician-Portuguese batismo, bautismo, baptismo, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I immerse, plunge”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /baˈtiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ba‧tis‧mo

Noun

batismo m (plural batismos)

1. baptism

Related terms

• batizar
• batista