batismo

Portuguese
batismo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned word from the Old Portuguese batismo, bautismo, baptismo, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I immerse, plunge”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ba.ˈtiʒ.mu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tis‧mo

Noun

batismo m (plural batismos)

  1. baptism
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