ángelus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin angelus Dominī (literally “the Lord's angel”), the prayer's opening words.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanxelus/ [ˈãŋ.xe.lus]
- Rhymes: -anxelus
- Syllabification: án‧ge‧lus
Noun
ángelus m (plural ángelus)
- (Roman Catholicism) Angelus
- Synonym: avemaría
Related terms
Further reading
- “ángelus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024