pessoa

See also: Pessoa, pessôa, and pessõa

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

pessôa, persoa (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese pessõa, from Vulgar Latin *pessona, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Displaced borrowed persona (retained in dialects of Spain).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): (Brazil) /peˈso.ɐ/, [peˈso.ɐ]

IPA^(key): (Portugal) /pɨˈso.ɐ/, [pɨˈso.ɐ]

(Dialectal Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈsow.ɐ/
(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈso.ɐ/
- (without vowel harmony) IPA^(key): /pɛˈso.ɐ/
(Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈso.ɐ/

Hyphenation: pes‧so‧a

NounEdit

pessoa f (plural pessoas)

person (an individual being, especially a human)
Estava vendo umas pessoas caminhar. ― I was watching some people walk.

Synonyms: indivíduo, sujeito
(formal) person (someone’s physical body)
O sujeito portava uma arma em sua pessoa. ― The person was carrying a weapon in his person.

Synonym: corpo
(grammar) person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion)
Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa. ― He is a third-person pronoun.
(Christian theology) person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity)
Synonyms: pessoa divina, hipóstase
(law) person (person or organisation with standing before the courts)

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pessoa.

HyponymsEdit

(grammatical person): primeira pessoa, segunda pessoa, terceira pessoa
(person of the Holy Trinity): (Holy Trinity) (Santíssima) Trindade; Pai, Filho, Espírito Santo
(legal person): pessoa física / pessoa natural, pessoa jurídica / pessoa moral

Derived termsEdit

pessoinha, pessoazinha (diminutives)
pessoão (augmentative, rare)

Related termsEdit

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