catecúmeno
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See also: catecumeno
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧te‧cú‧me‧no
Noun
catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)
- catechumen (convert the Christianity prior to baptism)
Adjective
catecúmeno (feminine catecúmena, masculine plural catecúmenos, feminine plural catecúmenas)
- being or relating to a catechumen
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin catēchūmenus, from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to sound through, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).
Pronunciation
Noun
catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)
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Further reading
- “catecúmeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014