sarraceno

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Saracēnus, Sarracēnus, from Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sărăkēnós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.haˈsẽ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.haˈsẽ.nu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.χaˈsẽ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ʁɐˈse.nu/

• Hyphenation: sar‧ra‧ce‧no

Adjective

sarraceno (feminine sarracena, masculine plural sarracenos, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen

Derived terms

• trigo-sarraceno

Noun

sarraceno m (plural sarracenos, feminine sarracena, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen

Further reading

• “sarraceno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sarraceno”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sarraceno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saraˈθeno/ [sa.raˈθe.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saraˈseno/ [sa.raˈse.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: sa‧rra‧ce‧no

Adjective

sarraceno (feminine sarracena, masculine plural sarracenos, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen
2. (dated) Muslim

   Synonyms: mahometano, musulmán

Noun

sarraceno m (plural sarracenos, feminine sarracena, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen
2. (dated) Muslim

   Synonyms: mahometano, musulmán

Derived terms

• sarracénico
• trigo sarraceno

Further reading

• “sarraceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025