cristo

See also: Cristo and cristo-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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.

Anagrams

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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