cenáculo

See also: cenaculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cēnāculum (dining room), from cēna (dinner).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈna.ku.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈna.ku.lo/

  • Rhymes: -akulu
  • Hyphenation: ce‧ná‧cu‧lo

Noun

cenáculo m (plural cenáculos)

  1. cenacle

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cēnāculum (dining room), from cēna (dinner).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈnakulo/ [θeˈna.ku.lo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈnakulo/ [seˈna.ku.lo]
  • Rhymes: -akulo
  • Syllabification: ce‧ná‧cu‧lo

Noun

cenáculo m (plural cenáculos)

  1. (Christianity) cenacle
    el cenáculo de Jesús
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  2. (by extension) cenacle; gathering
    • 1995, José Promis Ojeda, Testimonios y documentos de la literatura chilena:
      Dice Vega que todos los escritores de imaginación formamos un cenáculo exclusivista en el cual incluye a Díaz Arrieta
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    • 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno, "chapter 56"
      Era la estatua de la moral pública alumbrando el mundo, y expulsando al vicio del cenáculo de las buenas costumbres.

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