cristo

See also: Cristo and cristo-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, the anointed one), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, anointed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾisto̝/

Noun

cristo m (plural cristos)

  1. an image of Christ

Derived terms

  • O Cristo

References

  • cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • cristo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cristo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, the anointed one), a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, anointed) (see also messia).

Noun

cristo m (plural cristi)

  1. Christ (Jesus Christ)

Usage notes

  • Also used in the phrase povero cristo referring to someone who is suffering.

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Spanish

Noun

cristo m (plural cristos)

  1. Jesus (representation of Jesus Christ)
    • 2015 November 8, “Cientos de lápidas están abiertas y destrozadas en La Almudena”, in El País:
      La seguridad es escasa y los cristos han desaparecido.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

Further reading

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