anátema
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ (ănắthemă).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈna.te.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈna.te.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈna.tɨ.mɐ/
- Rhymes: -atemɐ, -atɨmɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧ná‧te‧ma
Noun
anátema m (plural anátemas)
- anathema (sentence that expels a Catholic from the Church)
- Synonym: excomunhão
- curse, imprecation
- condemnation, rebuke, reproof
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Further reading
- “anátema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “anátema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025