evangelho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/, /i.vɐ̃ˈʒɐ(j).ʎu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/, /i.vɐ̃ˈʒɐ(j).ʎu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/ [i.βɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu], /i.bɐ̃ˈʒe.ʎu/ [i.βɐ̃ˈʒe.ʎu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/, /i.vɐ̃ˈʒe.ʎu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ʎu/, /i.vɐ̃ˈʒe.ʎu/

• Hyphenation: e‧van‧ge‧lho

Noun

evangelho m (plural evangelhos)

1. gospel (first section of New Testament)

Related terms

• evangélico
• evangelista
• evangelizar

 

Further reading

• “evangelho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024