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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espirito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin spīritus, from spirō (“breathe, respire; live”), from Proto-Indo-European *speis- (“to blow”). Cognate with Portuguese espírito and Spanish espíritu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpiɾito/
- Rhymes: -iɾito
- Hyphenation: es‧pí‧ri‧to
Noun
espírito m (plural espíritos)
- spirit (the soul of a person or other living being)
- Synonym: alma
- spirit, enthusiasm
- ghost; supernatural being
- Synonym: pantasma
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espirito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espirito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espírito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “espírito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espírito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese espirito, borrowed from Latin spīritus, from spīrō (“breathe, respire; live”), from Proto-Indo-European *speys- (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /s.ˈpi.ɾi.tu/
Noun
espírito m (plural espíritos)
- spirit (the soul of a person or other living being)
- Synonym: alma
- ghost
- Synonyms: fantasma, assombração
- nature; characteristic
- Synonyms: índole, característica
Derived terms