Noun: anjo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | anjo |
| Plural m | anjos |
Sample Sentences
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Entonces o Anjo lhe diſſe: Maria, naõ temas […] (Then the angel said unto her: Fear not Mary […]) [1681, João Ferreira de Almeida, O Novo Testamento, Lucas 1:30]
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A Luiza é um anjo [1878, Eça de Queirós, O Primo Basílio, Livraria Internacional, page 58]
Nouns inflected like anjo
egocentrismo,
lantanídeo,
lantanídio,
miligrama,
flash card,
decímetro,
fingimento,
mililitro,
parassuicídio,
algómetro,
ancoradouro,
ancoradoiro,
escândalo,
sereio,
sereno,
sestro,
seguro,
senado,
enlatamento,
Dezembro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Galician-Portuguese angeo (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus (“angel”), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
2. Cognate with Galician anxo, Spanish ángel, Catalan and Occitan àngel, French ange, Italian angelo and Romanian înger. Doublet of Ângelo and ângelus. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
angeo', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἄγγελος', Galician Nouns '
anxo', Spanish Nouns '
ángel', French Nouns '
ange', Italian Nouns '
angelo', Romanian Nouns '
înger'.
Verbs referencing "anjo"
Spanish Nouns
ángel.
Translations