capelão

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capelan, capellan, borrowed from Old Occitan capelan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.peˈlɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal, with elision) IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧lão

Noun

capelão m (plural capelães)

chaplain, padre

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