catecismo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• catequismo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchismus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɨˈsiʒ.mu/

Noun

catecismo m (plural catecismos)

1. catechism

Related terms

• catequese
• catequisar
• catequista

Further reading

• “catecismo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• catequismo

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin catēchismus.

Noun

catecismo m (plural catecismos)

1. catechism

Related terms

• catequesis
• catequista
• catequizar

 

Further reading

• “catecismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014