cristo

See also: Cristo and cristo-

Galician

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/

Noun

cristo m (plural cristos)

1. an image of Christ

Derived terms

• O Cristo

Related terms

• Cristo

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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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from , proper noun use of , a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) (see also messia).

Noun

cristo m (plural cristi)

1. Christ (Jesus Christ)

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

• crosti
• scorti
• scroti
• storci

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Spanish

Noun

cristo m (plural cristos)

1. Jesus (representation of Jesus Christ)

Derived terms

• todo cristo