arcanjo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese archangeo (“archangel”), semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/ [ahˈkɐ̃.ʒu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈkɐ̃.ʒu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒu/ [aχˈkɐ̃.ʒu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻˈkɐ̃.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.ʒo/ [ahˈkɐ̃.ʒo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐ̃.ʒu/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ax.ˈkɐ̃.ʒu/
Hyphenation: ar‧can‧jo

Noun

arcanjo m (plural arcanjos)

archangel

Related terms

anjo

Further reading

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