batizar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese bautizar, batiçar, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptīzāre, present active infinitive of baptīzō (I baptise), from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, to immerse, plunge, baptise).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ti.ˈzaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ti‧zar

Verb

batizar (first-person singular present indicative batizo, past participle batizado)

  1. to baptise
  2. to christen

Conjugation

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.