Espírito Santo

See also: Espiritu Santo

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Espírito Santo (literally “Holy Ghost”).

Proper noun

Espírito Santo

A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Vitória.

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

Translations

state in south-eastern Brazil

Arabic: إِسْبِيرِيتُو سَانْتُو (ʔisbīrītū sāntū)
Catalan: Espírito Santo m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聖埃斯皮里圖 / 圣埃斯皮里图 (Shèng'āisīpílǐtú)
French: Espírito Santo (fr) m
Japanese: エスピリトサント (Esupiritosanto)
Korean: 이스피리투산투 (iseupiritusantu)
Latin: Spiritus Sanctus m
Latvian: Espīritu Santu
Portuguese: Espírito Santo (pt) m
Russian: Эспи́риту-Са́нту (ru) (Espíritu-Sántu)
Spanish: Espírito Santo
Telugu: ఎస్పిరిటో సాంటో (espiriṭō sāṇṭō)
Ukrainian: Еспі́риту-Са́нту (Espírytu-Sántu)

Further reading

Category:Espírito Santo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Espírito Santo on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Espírito Santo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

operationists, posterisation

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Espirito Santo, from Ecclesiastical Latin Spīritus Sānctus, from Ancient Greek Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον (Pneûmă tò Hágĭon), from Biblical Hebrew רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (rúakh hakódesh).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /eʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpi.ɾi.to ˈsɐ̃.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/

Audio (Brazil): (file)

Proper noun

Espírito Santo m

(Christianity) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit (one of the three figures of the Holy Trinity)
Espírito Santo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil; capital: Vitória)
Synonym: ES (abbreviation)

Derived terms

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit