santo

From Old Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

santo m (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas)

1. holy, sacred

santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

1. saint

• san
• santificar

• “santo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

santo (plural santo-santo, first-person possessive santoku, second-person possessive santomu, third-person possessive santonya)

1. saint

santo

1. saint

From Latin sānctus.

santo

1. holy

From Latin sānctus.

santo (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santi, feminine plural sante)

1. holy

santo m (plural santi) feminine santa; before a consonant (except preconsonantal s) san, before a vocal sant', both only when a name of a saint or place follows; abbreviation S.

1. saint
2. (before a name of a saint or in place names, as Santo) Saint

• beato
• sacro

• santo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• stano, stanò, stona

• sancto (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.to/
• Hyphenation: san‧to
• Homophone: Santo

santo m (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas, comparable)

1. holy, sacred
   1. dedicated to a religious purpose or a god; religious

      Synonym: religioso

      Antonyms: laico, secular

   2. flawless from a religious point of view

      Synonyms: perfeito, puro

   3. designed or exalted by a divine sanction; venerable

      Synonyms: sagrado, sacro, venerável

   4. (of a day) during which one must dedicate himself to religion, rather than work
   5. saintly; relating to saints.
2. (figuratively) pure, immaculate, undefiled
   1. innocent

      Synonyms: puro, inocente

      Antonyms: impuro, pecador, réprobo

   2. chaste

      Synonyms: puro, casto, imaculado

      Antonyms: impuro, libidinoso

• (flawless from a religious point of view): impuro, pecador, réprobo

• Santa Cruz
• Santa Fé
• Santo

santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) someone who has been formally canonised by the Catholic Church
2. saint (a virtuous or holy person)
3. an extremely kind individual

• Kadiwéu: xaanto

• “santo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Old Spanish sancto, from Latin sānctus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanto/, [ˈsãn̪t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto

santo (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas) (superlative santísimo)

1. holy, godly

santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

1. saint

• san
• Espíritu Santo
• mano de santo

• santidad
• santificar

• sacro
• sagrado

• “santo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From Spanish santo from Old Spanish sancto, from Latin sānctus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanto/
• Rhymes: -anto

santo (feminine santa)

1. holy, godly

m

1. saint