ángel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "angel"

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ángelo (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish angel, borrowed from Late Latin angelus (“messenger, angel”), or alternatively perhaps an early borrowing from Old Occitan (compare Catalan àngel, Occitan àngel) or another Gallo-Romance language, explaining the lack of a final -o; a variant dialectal form ángelo is attested, however. The Latin word itself derives from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, envoy, angel”). Compare cognate Ladino andjel and the inherited Portuguese anjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanxel/ [ˈãŋ.xel]
• Rhymes: -anxel
• Syllabification: án‧gel

Noun

ángel m (plural ángeles)

1. angel (an incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity)
2. angel (one of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues)
3. angel (a person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness)

Derived terms

• ángel caído
• ángel de la guarda
• ángel protector
• Ángeles de Los Ángeles (“Los Angeles Angels”)
• angelito
• angelología
• angelólogo
• angelote
• cabello de ángel
• discutir sobre el sexo de los ángeles
• ha pasado un ángel
• Los Ángeles
• manjar de ángeles
• salto de ángel
• trompeta de ángel

 

Related terms

• Ángel
• angelical
• angélico
• Ángelo
• ángelus
• arcángel
• evangelio

 

Descendants

• → O'odham: aŋhil
• → Quechua: anqil
• → Tagalog: anghel
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öngel
• → Waray-Waray: anghel

Further reading

• “ángel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014