clérigo

See also: clerigo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese clerigo, crerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is alloted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛ.ɾi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛ.ɾi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛ.ɾi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛ.ɾi.ɡu/ [ˈklɛ.ɾi.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: clé‧ri‧go

Noun

clérigo m (plural clérigos)

1. cleric, clergyman

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish clerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleɾiɡo/ [ˈkle.ɾi.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɾiɡo
• Syllabification: clé‧ri‧go

Noun

clérigo m (plural clérigos, feminine clériga, feminine plural clérigas)

1. clergyman
2. clerk

Related terms

• clerical
• clero

 

Further reading

• “clérigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014