catecúmeno
See also: catecumeno
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧te‧cú‧me‧no
Noun edit
catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)
- catechumen (convert the Christianity prior to baptism)
Adjective edit
catecúmeno (feminine catecúmena, masculine plural catecúmenos, feminine plural catecúmenas)
- being or relating to a catechumen
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin catēchūmenus, from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to sound through, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)
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Further reading edit
- “catecúmeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014