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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin persignare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾsiɡˈnaɾse/
- Rhymes: -aɾse
- Syllabification: per‧sig‧nar‧se
Verb
persignarse (first-person singular present me persigno, first-person singular preterite me persigné, past participle persignado)
- (reflexive, Christianity) to cross oneself, (make the sign of the cross over oneself)
1599, Gaspar_Astete, Catecismo Astete:Lo primero puesto de rodillas a los pies del Confesor (si es hombre, sin espada , ni gorro, y con el pelo desatado, y si es muger con la cabeza cubierta) se persignará, é inclinado dirá la confesión general; lo segundo con las manos cruzadas […]- Firstly, crouch'd at the feet of the Confessor (for a man, swordless, hatless and hair untied, and for a woman with the head cover'd) the shalt cross thyself, and bow'd down shalt utter the confession; secondly with the hands cross'd
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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