anxo

Galician

Alternative forms

• anjo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese angeo, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʃo/ [ˈanʲ.ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -anʃo
• Hyphenation: an‧xo

Noun

anxo m (plural anxos)

1. angel
2. (figuratively) a very good person

Related terms

• anxelical
• anxélico
• evanxeo

 

Further reading

• “anxo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012