camarlengo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camarlengo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.maʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.maɦˈlẽ.ɡu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.maɾˈlẽ.ɡu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.maʁˈlẽ.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.maɻˈlẽ.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.mɐɾˈlẽ.ɡu/

  • Rhymes: -ẽɡu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧mar‧len‧go

Noun

camarlengo m (plural camarlengos)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo
    Synonym: camerlengo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamaɾˈlenɡo/ [ka.maɾˈlẽŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -enɡo
  • Syllabification: ca‧mar‧len‧go

Noun

camarlengo m (plural camarlengos)

  1. (religion) camerlengo
    • 2015 September 22, “El cardenal que susurra a Francisco”, in El País[1]:
      Ha sido presidente de la conferencia episcopal cubana Cuba en tres periodos consecutivos, oficialista por conveniencia y camarlengo de los intereses vaticanos a tiempo completo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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