cristo

See also: Cristo and cristo-

Galician

Etymology

From 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/

Noun

cristo m (plural cristos)

1. an image of Christ

Derived terms

• O Cristo

Related terms

• Cristo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cristo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cristo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) (see also messia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkris.to/
• Rhymes: -isto
• Hyphenation: crì‧sto

Noun

cristo m (plural cristi)

1. Christ (Jesus Christ)

Interjection

cristo

1. (informal, mildly vulgar) express anger, astonishment, frustration etc.

Usage notes

• Also used in the phrase povero cristo referring to someone who is suffering.

Anagrams

• crosti, scorti, scroti, storci

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: cris‧to

Noun

cristo m (plural cristos)

1. Jesus (representation of Jesus Christ)
   • 2015 November 8, “Cientos de lápidas están abiertas y destrozadas en La Almudena”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La seguridad es escasa y los cristos han desaparecido.

     Security is scarce and the crucifixes have vanished.

2. (colloquial) hassle

   Synonyms: lío, alboroto

   ¡Es un cristo! ― What a mess!

Derived terms

• todo cristo

Further reading

• “cristo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024