mártir

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See also: martir, mártír, and màrtir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃiɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ.t͡ʃiɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.tiɾ/

Hyphenation: már‧tir

Noun

mártir m or f by sense (plural mártires)

martyr (one who dies for his religion)
(by extension) martyr (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)

Related terms

Descendants

→ Indonesian: martir

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr,^[1] from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾtiɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾtiɾ
Syllabification: már‧tir

Noun

mártir m or f by sense (plural mártires)

martyr

Descendants

→ Tagalog: martir

See also

martirio

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mártir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

“mártir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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