Marcos

See also: marcos and marços

English

Etymology 1

From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).

Proper noun

Marcos (plural Marcoses)

1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark.
2. A surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Marcos

1. plural of Marco

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Marcus.

Proper noun

Marcos m

1. Mark (biblical character).
2. a male given name

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Marcos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mar‧cos

Proper noun

Marcos

1. a male given name from Spanish
2. (biblical) Mark
3. the Gospel of Mark
4. Ferdinand Marcos

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Marco

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Marcos, from Latin Mārcus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.kus/ [ˈmah.kus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.kus/ [ˈmah.kus]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.kus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.kuʃ/ [ˈmaχ.kuʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ.kos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.kuʃ/

Proper noun

Marcos m

1. (biblical) Mark (one of the seventy disciples)
2. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Marcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾkos/ [ˈmaɾ.kos]
• Rhymes: -aɾkos
• Syllabification: Mar‧cos

Proper noun

Marcos m

1. (biblical) Mark
2. the Gospel of Mark
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Mark
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Los Hechos 13:37:

     Y Bernabé quería que tomasen consigo á Juan, el que tenía por sobrenombre Marcos.

Related terms

• Marquito

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Marcos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mar‧cos
• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾkos/, [ˈmaɾ.kos]

Proper noun

Marcos (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜐ᜔)

1. (biblical) Mark
2. Mark (book of the Bible)
3. a surname from Spanish, the 250th most common surname in the Philippines
4. Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, or his family.