apóstolo

See also: apostolo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apostolo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to set”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈpɔstʊlʊ]

Noun

apóstolo m (plural apóstolos)

1. apostle

Related terms

• apostolado
• apostólico

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apostolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apostolo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apóstolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apóstolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apóstolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

apóstolos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apostolo, apostol, borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to set”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.to.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.to.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔʃ.to.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.to.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔʃ.tu.lu/

• Hyphenation: a‧pós‧to‧lo

Noun

apóstolo m (plural apóstolos)

1. apostle

Related terms

• apostolado
• apostólico

Further reading

• “apóstolo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913