capelão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capelan, capellan, borrowed from Old Occitan capelan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.peˈlɐ̃w̃/ [ka.peˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

  • (Portugal, with elision) IPA(key): [kɐ.ˈplɐ̃w̃]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧lão

Noun

capelão m (plural capelães)

  1. chaplain, padre

Further reading

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