oratório

See also: oratorio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ [o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾɐˈtɔ.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tó‧ri‧o

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“public speaker, orator”) + -ōrius.

Adjective

oratório (feminine oratória, masculine plural oratórios, feminine plural oratórias)

1. oratorical

Noun

oratório m (plural oratórios)

1. (music) oratorio (a composition with a religious theme, similar to opera)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin ōrātōrium (“place of prayer, oratory”), substantive of ōrātōrius (“oratorical”).

oratórios

Noun

oratório m (plural oratórios)

1. chapel, oratory
2. shrine