arcanjo

See also: Arcanjo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese archangeo (“archangel”), semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/ [ahˈkɐ̃.ʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/ [ahˈkɐ̃.ʒu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈkɐ̃.ʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/ [aχˈkɐ̃.ʒu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻˈkɐ̃.ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐ̃.ʒu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ax.ˈkɐ̃.ʒu/
• Hyphenation: ar‧can‧jo

Noun

arcanjo m (plural arcanjos)

1. archangel

Related terms

• anjo

Further reading

• “arcanjo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arcanjo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026