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santo

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santo (plural santos)

  1. (art) A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies.
    • 1972, Shirley Glubok, The Art of the Spanish in the United States and Puerto Rico:
      A santo may get a new coat of paint on its feast day or at Christmas. Or sometimes, when a prayer has been granted, a Puerto Rican repays his santo with a fresh coat of paint.

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santo

  1. neuter of santu

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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

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santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas)

  1. holy, sacred

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santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

  1. saint

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Etymology edit

From Portuguese santo (“male saint”), from Old Galician-Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsan.to]
  • Hyphenation: san‧to

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santo m (plural santo-santo, para santo)

  1. saint (male)
    Santo Petrus ― Saint Peter

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From Latin sānctus.

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santo

  1. holy

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  • san (Saint, before a consonant (except preconsonantal s))
  • sant' (Saint, before a vowel)
  • S. (Saint, abbreviation)

Etymology edit

From Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.to/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: sàn‧to

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santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santi, feminine plural sante, superlative santissimo)

  1. holy

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santo m (plural santi, feminine santa)

  1. saint
  2. (before a name of a saint or in place names, often capitalized) Saint

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  • santo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Inherited from Latin sanctus.

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈsandə], (in sandhi) [-u]
    • (feminine) IPA(key): [ˈsandə], (in sandhi) [-a]

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santo (feminine singular santa, plural sante)

  1. holy

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 800: “la pila dell'acqua santa” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, pages 80, 82

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santo

  1. nominative singular/plural masculine of santa, which is present active participle of atthi (“to be”)
  2. nominative singular masculine of santa (“calm”), which is past participle of sammati (“to be calmed”)
  3. nominative singular masculine of santa (“tired”), which is past participle of sammati (“to be tired”)

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From Old Galician-Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

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santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas, comparable, comparative mais santo, superlative o mais santo or santíssimo, diminutive santinho)

  1. holy, sacred
    1. dedicated to a religious purpose or a god; religious
      Synonym: religioso
      Antonyms: laico, secular
    2. flawless from a religious point of view
      Synonyms: perfeito, puro
    3. designed or exalted by a divine sanction; venerable
      Synonyms: sagrado, sacro, venerável
    4. (of a day) during which one must dedicate himself to religion, rather than work
    5. saintly; relating to saints
  2. (figuratively) pure, immaculate, undefiled
    1. innocent
      Synonyms: puro, inocente
      Antonyms: impuro, pecador, réprobo
    2. chaste
      Synonyms: puro, casto, imaculado
      Antonyms: impuro, libidinoso

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santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) someone who has been formally canonised by the Catholic Church
  2. (Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian religion) orisha (deities in the Yoruba religion)
  3. saint (a virtuous or holy person)
  4. an extremely kind individual

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From earlier sancto, from Latin sānctus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsanto/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Syllabification: san‧to

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santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas, superlative santísimo)

  1. holy, godly

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santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

  1. male saint
  2. name day
    Synonym: onomástica

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Borrowed from Spanish santo, from Old Spanish sancto, from Latin sānctus.

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santo or santó (feminine santa, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. saint (especially a male saint)
  2. image or statue of a saint

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santo or santó (feminine santa, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a masculine gender in Spanish: holy; sacred (used in certain expressions)
    Synonym: banal

Further reading edit

  • “santo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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