santo

See also: Santo

Contents

Galician

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. holy, sacred

Noun

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

1. saint

Related terms

• san
• santificar

Further reading

• “santo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Indonesian

Noun

santo (plural santo-santo, first-person possessive santoku, second-person possessive santomu, third-person possessive santonya)

1. saint

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Interlingue

Noun

santo

1. saint

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin sānctus.

Adjective

santo

1. holy

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin sānctus.

Adjective

santo (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santi, feminine plural sante)

1. holy

Noun

santo m (plural santi) feminine santa; before a consonant (except preconsonantal s) san, before a vocal sant', both only when a name of a saint or place follows; abbreviation S.

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

Derived terms

• tutti i Santi / Ognissanti
• Anno Santo
• camposanto
• santabarbara
• santa Messa
• Santa Sede
• santificare
• santificazione
• santino
• santissimo
• santità
• santone
• Santo Padre
• santorale
• Santo Sepolcro
• santuario
• Settimana Santa
• Spirito Santo
• Terra Santa
• vinsanto

 

See also

• beato
• sacro

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• stano, stanò, stona

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• सन्तो (Devanagari script)
• সন্তো (Bengali script)
• සන‍්තො (Sinhalese script)
• သန္တော (Burmese script)
• สนฺโต or สันโต (Thai script)
• ᩈᨶ᩠ᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສນ຺ໂຕ or ສັນໂຕ (Lao script)
• សន្តោ (Khmer script)

Adjective

santo

1. nominative singular masculine of santa, which is present active participle of atthi (“to be”)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sancto (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.to/
• Hyphenation: san‧to
• Homophone: Santo

Adjective

santo m (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas, comparable)

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

Inflection

Inflection of santo

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	santo	santa	santos	santas
comparative	mais santo	mais santa	mais santos	mais santas
superlative	o mais santo santíssimo	a mais santa santíssima	os mais santos santíssimos	as mais santas santíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

Antonyms

• (flawless from a religious point of view): impuro, pecador, réprobo

Derived terms

• Santa Cruz
• Santa Fé
• Santo

Noun

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

1. (Roman Catholicism) someone who has been formally canonised by the Catholic Church
2. saint (a virtuous or holy person)
3. an extremely kind individual

Related terms

• santeiro
• santificação
• santificado
• santificador
• santificante
• santificar
• santificável
• santimônia
• santinho
• santuário

 

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: xaanto

Further reading

• “santo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• sancto (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier sancto, from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanto/, [ˈsãn̪t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto

Adjective

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

1. holy, godly

Noun

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

1. saint

Derived terms

• san
• Espíritu Santo
• mano de santo

Related terms

• santidad
• santificar

See also

• sacro
• sagrado

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanto/
• Rhymes: -anto

Adjective

santo (feminine santa)

1. holy, godly

Noun

m

1. saint