oratório

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See also: oratorio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾaˈtɔ.ɾjo/

  • Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tó‧ri‧o

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrātōrius (oratorical), from ōrātor (public speaker, orator) + -ōrius.

Adjective

oratório (feminine oratória, masculine plural oratórios, feminine plural oratórias)

  1. oratorical

Noun

oratório m (plural oratórios)

  1. (music) oratorio (a composition with a religious theme, similar to opera)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin ōrātōrium (place of prayer, oratory), substantive of ōrātōrius (oratorical).

oratórios

Noun

oratório m (plural oratórios)

  1. chapel, oratory
  2. shrine