pessoa

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See also: Pessoa, pessôa, and pessõa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pessõa, from Vulgar Latin *pessona, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɨ.ˈso.ɐ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pe.ˈso.ɐ/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "some dialects" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pe.ˈso.wɐ/

Noun

pessoa f (plural s)

  2. person (an individual being, especially a human)
    Estava vendo umas pessoas caminhar. ― I was watching some people walk.
    Synonyms: indivíduo, sujeito
  4. (formal) person (someone’s physical body)
    O sujeito portava uma arma em sua pessoa. ― The person was carrying a weapon in his person.
    Synonym: corpo
  6. (grammar) person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion)
    Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa. ― He is a third-person pronoun.
  8. (Christianity theology) person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity)
    Synonyms: pessoa divina, hipóstase

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pessoa.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

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