antepassado

Portuguese

Etymology

From antepassar +‎ -ado. Compare Spanish antepasado and Catalan avantpassat.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ.pɐˈsa.du/ [ɐ̃.tɨ.pɐˈsa.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: an‧te‧pas‧sa‧do

Noun

antepassado m (plural antepassados, feminine antepassada, feminine plural antepassadas)

1. (usually in the plural) ancestor, forefather, primogenitor

   Synonym: ancestral

Participle

antepassado (feminine antepassada, masculine plural antepassados, feminine plural antepassadas)

1. past participle of antepassar