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pagão

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin pāgānum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈɡã.u/, /paˈɡã.ŋo/

Adjective

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pagão m (plural pagãos, feminine pagãa, feminine plural pagãas)

  1. pagan

Descendants

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  • Galician: pagán
  • Portuguese: pagão

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pagão, from Latin pāgānus (rural; rustic), from pāgus (countryside). Compare Galician pagán, Spanish pagano.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pagão (feminine pagã, masculine plural pagãos, feminine plural pagãs)

  1. (religion) pagan; heathenish
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Noun

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pagão m (plural pagãos, feminine pagã, feminine plural pagãs)

  1. (religion) pagan; heathen (person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion)
  2. (paganism) neopagan
    Synonym: neopagão

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pagão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913