anjo

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲɟɔ]

Pronoun

anjo (Lontara spelling ᨕᨍᨚ)

1. that (demonstrative, remote from speaker and addressee)

Related terms

• anjoreng

Mirandese

Etymology

From Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

anjo m (plural anjos)

1. angel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese angeo (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus (“angel”), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Cognate with Galician anxo, Spanish ángel, Catalan and Occitan àngel, French ange, Italian angelo and Romanian înger. Doublet of Ângelo and ângelus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒu
• Hyphenation: an‧jo

Noun

anjo m (plural anjos)

1. angel
   • 1681, João Ferreira de Almeida, O Novo Testamento, Lucas 1:30:

     Entonces o Anjo lhe diſſe: Maria, naõ temas […]

     Then the angel said unto her: Fear not Mary […]

2. (figuratively) a very good person
   • 1878, Eça de Queirós, O Primo Basílio, Livraria Internacional, page 58:

     A Luiza é um anjo

     Luísa is a very good person

Derived terms

• anjinho

Related terms

• angelical
• angélico
• angelino

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: ánju
• → Kadiwéu: aanjo