anjo

From Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

anjo m (plural anjos)

1. angel

From Old Portuguese angeo (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus (“angel”), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Cognate with Galician anxo, Spanish ángel, Catalan àngel, Occitan àngel, French ange, Italian angelo and Romanian înger.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ʒu/
• Hyphenation: an‧jo

anjo m (plural anjos)

1. angel
   • 1681, João Ferreira de Almeida, O Novo Testamento, Lucas 1:30:

     Entonces o Anjo lhe diſſe: Maria, naõ temas […]

     Then the angel said unto her: Fear not Mary […]

2. (figuratively) a very good person
   • 1878, Eça de Queirós, O Primo Basílio, Livraria Internacional, page 58:

     A Luiza é um anjo

     Luísa is a very good person

• anjinho

• angelical
• angélico
• angelino

• Kabuverdianu: ánju
• → Kadiwéu: aanjo

• “anjo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.