Jacobo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈko.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈko.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈko.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈko.bu/ [ʒɐˈko.βu]

• Rhymes: -obu
• Hyphenation: Ja‧co‧bo

Proper noun

Jacobo m (plural Jacobos)

1. Alternative form of Jacó

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Diego, Santiago, Yago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈkobo/ [xaˈko.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: Ja‧co‧bo

Proper noun

Jacobo m

1. James, the son of Zebedee in the Bible
2. James, the son of Alpheus in the Bible
3. James, the brother of Jesus; Santiago
4. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

Quotations

• 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 3:17:
• : Y á Jacobo, hijo de Zebedeo, y á Juan hermano de Jacobo; y les apellído Boanerges, que es, Hijos del trueno.