anjo

anjo

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲɟɔ]

Pronoun

anjo (Lontara spelling ᨕᨍᨚ)

1. that (demonstrative, remote from speaker and addressee)

Related terms

• anjoreng

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

anjo m (plural anjos)

1. angel

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Portuguese

anjo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese angeo (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus (“angel”),[1] 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒu
• Hyphenation: an‧jo

Noun

anjo m (plural anjos)

1. angel
   • 1681, João Ferreira de Almeida, O Novo Testamento, Lucas 1:30:

     Entonces o Anjo lhe diſſe: Maria, naõ temas […]

     Then the angel said unto her: Fear not Mary […]

2. (figuratively) a very good person
   • 1878, Eça de Queirós, O Primo Basílio, Livraria Internacional, page 58:

     A Luiza é um anjo

     Luísa is a very good person

Derived terms

• anjinho

Related terms

• angelical
• angélico
• angelino

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: ánju
• → Kadiwéu: aanjo

References

1. “anjo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
2. “anjo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.