hóstia
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hostia.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hós‧ti‧a
Noun edit
hóstia f (plural hóstias)
- (Catholicism) host (consecrated bread)
- Synonym: partícula
Further reading edit
- “hóstia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.