antepassado
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Portuguese
Etymology
From antepassar + -ado. Compare Spanish antepasado and Catalan avantpassat.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -adu
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧pas‧sa‧do
Noun
antepassado m (plural antepassados, feminine antepassada, feminine plural antepassadas)
- (usually in the plural) ancestor, forefather, primogenitor
- Synonym: ancestral
Participle
antepassado (feminine antepassada, masculine plural antepassados, feminine plural antepassadas)