paraíso

See also: paraiso, Paraiso, and Paraíso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parayso, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.ˈi.so/

Noun

paraíso m (plural paraísos)

1. heaven
2. (figuratively) paradise

Synonyms

• (heaven): ceo

Further reading

• “paraíso” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parayso, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈi.zu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧í‧so

Noun

paraíso m (plural paraísos)

1. paradise
2. heaven

   Synonym: céu

Related terms

• paradisíaco

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈiso/ [pa.ɾaˈi.so]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧í‧so

Noun

paraíso m (plural paraísos)

1. paradise
2. heaven

   Synonym: cielo

Derived terms

• ave del paraíso
• paraíso fiscal
• paraíso terrenal
• Valparaíso

 

Related terms

• paradisiaco
• paradisíaco

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: paraiso
• → Cebuano: paraiso
• → Ilocano: paraiso
• → Tagalog: paraiso
• → Waray-Waray: paraiso

Further reading

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