cenáculo
See also: cenaculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”), from cēna (“dinner”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈna.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈna.ku.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈna.ku.lu/
- Rhymes: -akulu
- Hyphenation: ce‧ná‧cu‧lo
Noun
cenáculo m (plural cenáculos)
- cenacle
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”), from cēna (“dinner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈnakulo/ [θeˈna.ku.lo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈnakulo/ [seˈna.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -akulo
- Syllabification: ce‧ná‧cu‧lo
Noun
cenáculo m (plural cenáculos)
- (Christianity) cenacle
- (by extension) cenacle; gathering
- 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno, "chapter 56"
- Era la estatua de la moral pública alumbrando el mundo, y expulsando al vicio del cenáculo de las buenas costumbres.
- 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno, "chapter 56"
Related terms
- cena
- cenar
Further reading
- “cenáculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014