Adão

See also: Adao

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Adan, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɐˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: A‧dão

Proper noun

Adão m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
2. Adam (in Abrahamic religions, the first man and the progenitor of the human race)

Derived terms

• Adão e Ivo
• pomo de Adão

 

Related terms

• adâmico

 

Further reading

• Adão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt