batismo

Portuguese

batismo

Alternative forms

• baptismo (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese batismo, bautismo, baptismo, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, to plunge”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /baˈtiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ba‧tis‧mo

Noun

batismo m (plural batismos)

1. baptism

   Synonym: batizado

Related terms

• batista
• batizar

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बपतिस्मा (baptismā)

  Urdu: بپتسمہ (baptismā)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਪਤਸਮਾ (baptasamā)

  Shahmukhi script: بپتسما (baptismā)

Further reading

• “batismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “batismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024