sarcófago
See also: sarcofago
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σαρκός (sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sar‧có‧fa‧go
Noun edit
sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /saɾˈkofaɡo/ [saɾˈko.fa.ɣ̞o]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ofaɡo
- Syllabification: sar‧có‧fa‧go
Noun edit
sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)
- sepulcher
- Synonym: sepulcro
- sarcophagus
Further reading edit
- “sarcófago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014