cristão
See also: cristaõ
Portuguese
    
    
Etymology
    
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Chrīstiānus, or reformed as Cristo + -ão, replacing the inherited forms crechão, creschão, crischão. Doublet of Cristiano, Cristian, and cretino.
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾisˈtɐ̃w̃/ [kɾisˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kɾiʃˈtɐ̃w̃/ [kɾiʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾiʃˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: cris‧tão
Adjective
    
cristão (feminine cristã, masculine plural cristãos, feminine plural cristãs)
- Christian (relating to or following Christianity)
- João é cristão.- John is Christian.
 
- Portugal é um país cristão.- Portugal is Christian country.
 
- Doutrina cristã.- Christian doctrine.
 
 
Derived terms
    
- cristãozinho (diminutive)
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