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Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiɾiˈtwal/,
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tual
Adjective
espiritual (epicene, plural espirituales)
- spiritual
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
espiritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural espirituals)
- spiritual
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiɾiˈtwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tual
Adjective
espiritual m or f (plural espirituais)
- spiritual
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin spīrituālis. By surface analysis, espírito + -ual.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/ , /es.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/ , /es.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/ , /eʃ.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pi.ɾi.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.pi.ɾiˈtwaw/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tu‧al
Adjective
espiritual m or f (plural espirituais)
- spiritual
Derived terms
Further reading
- “espiritual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiɾiˈtwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: es‧pi‧ri‧tual
Adjective
espiritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural espirituales)
- spiritual
Derived terms
Noun
espiritual m (plural espirituales)
- (music) spiritual (a Christian religious song)
Further reading