prelado

prelado

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese prelado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin praelatus, form past participle of praeferō (“I prefer”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish prelado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɾe.ˈla.ðʊ]

Noun

prelado m (plural prelados)

1. (Christianity) prelate

References

• “prelado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “prelado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “prelado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “prelado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese prelado, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin praelātus, form past participle of praeferō (“to prefer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈla.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈla.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈla.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈla.du/ [pɾɨˈla.ðu]

• Hyphenation: pre‧la‧do

Noun

prelado m (plural prelados)

1. (Christianity) prelate (a clergyman of high rank and authority)

Hyponyms

• arcebispo, bispo, vigário-geral

Related terms

• prelada
• preladia
• prelatício
• prelativo
• prelatura
• prelazia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin praelātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈlado/ [pɾeˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pre‧la‧do

Noun

prelado m (plural prelados, feminine prelada, feminine plural preladas)

1. prelate

   Synonyms: (bishop) obispo, (bishop) mitrado

Derived terms

• prelaticio

Further reading

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