Cristo

See also: cristo and cristo-

Galician

The baptism of Jesus Christ, Labrada, Guitiriz

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto̝/

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ

Derived terms

• cristián
• cristiandade
• cristianismo
• cristo
• cristoloxía

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Cristo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Template:R:TILG

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkris.to/, [ˈkr̺is̪t̪o]
• Hyphenation: Crì‧sto

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Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ
2. a figure of Christ, crucifix

Related terms

• avanti Cristo
• dopo Cristo
• cristiano
• Cristiana
• Cristiano

• Cristina
• cristianesimo
• cristocentrismo
• cristolatria
• cristologia

See also

• crocifisso
• Gesù

Anagrams

• crosti
• scorti
• scroti
• storci

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
• Hyphenation: Cris‧to

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ (the messiah who was named Jesus)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Christo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ

Derived terms

• armar la de Dios es Cristo

Related terms

• anticristo
• cristiano