bautizar

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin baptīzāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτῐ́ζω (baptĭ́zō, “I immerse, baptize”).

• IPA^(key): /bau̯tiˈθaɾ/ [bau̯.t̪iˈθaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: bau‧ti‧zar

bautizar (first-person singular indicative present bautizo, past participle bautizáu)

1. to baptize

• batizar

From Old Galician-Portuguese batiçar, bautizar, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptīzāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτῐ́ζω (baptĭ́zō, “I immerse, baptize”).

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: bau‧ti‧zar

bautizar (first-person singular present bautizo, first-person singular preterite bauticei, past participle bautizado)

1. to baptize

Semi-learned word from older baptizar, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptīzāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτῐ́ζω (baptĭ́zō, “to immerse, baptize”). Compare the inherited Old Spanish form batear, also written baptear, found in works by Berceo and other texts from the 13th and 14th centuries.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bautiˈθaɾ/ [bau̯.t̪iˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bautiˈsaɾ/ [bau̯.t̪iˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bau‧ti‧zar

bautizar (first-person singular present bautizo, first-person singular preterite bauticé, past participle bautizado)

1. to baptize
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 190:

     Los antiguos alcanzaban mayor longevidad, porque eran bautizados con óleos venidos directamente de Roma, que, por cierto, debían tener más virtud y eficacia que los nuestros.

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2. to name (to give a name to)

• “bautizar”, 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