sarcófago
See also: sarcofago
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σαρκός (sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [sahˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /saɾˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [saχˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /saɻˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡo/ [sahˈkɔ.fa.ɡo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐɾˈkɔ.fɐ.ɡu/ [sɐɾˈkɔ.fɐ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: sar‧có‧fa‧go
Noun
sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)
Further reading
- “sarcófago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sarcófago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɾˈkofaɡo/ [saɾˈko.fa.ɣ̞o]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ofaɡo
- Syllabification: sar‧có‧fa‧go
Noun
sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)
- sepulcher
- Synonym: sepulcro
- sarcophagus
Further reading
- “sarcófago”, 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