crisma

From Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɾismɐ]

crisma m (plural crismas)

1. (Christianity) chrism (holy oil used in certain ceremonies)

crisma f (plural crismas)

1. (colloquial) head

   Synonyms: cachola, testa

   • 1858, M. Pintos, Album:

     o chosco decía que en saíndo da cadea lle iba a desfacer a crisma

     the one-eyed was saying that upon being released of jail he was going to undo his head

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crisma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crisma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkriz.ma/
• Rhymes: -izma
• Hyphenation: crì‧sma

crisma m (plural crismi)

1. chrism

• Scrima, sciarm, scrima

crisma

1. alternative form of crisme

Borrowed from Medieval Latin crisma, from Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkris.mɑ/, [ˈkriz.mɑ]

crisma m

1. chrism

Weak:

• Middle English: crisme, cresome, crisma, crisum, crysme, crysome, crysum, crysyme, krysom
  • English: chrism, chrisom

From Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

crisma f or (less common) m (plural crismas)

1. (Christianity) confirmation (sacrament of sealing one’s adhesion to the doctrine)

   Synonym: confirmação

2. rechristening (a ceremonial change of name or designation)

crisma m (plural crismas)

1. (Christianity) chrism (holy oil used in certain ceremonies)

crisma

1. inflection of crismar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisma/ [ˈkɾiz.ma]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: cris‧ma

Borrowed from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “anointing”), from χρίω (khríō, “to anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to smear”).

crisma m or f same meaning (plural crismas)

1. chrism
   • 1998, Dennis C. Smolarski, Los Sacramentos. Principios y práctica litúrgica, tr. by Ignacio Marqués of Sacred Mysteries. Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice, Centre de Pastoral Litúrgica (publ.,1st ed.), page 80.

     Todo esto se hacía para impedir que manos no consagradas tocaran el crisma sagrado. Esta reverencia exagerada hacia el crisma raya con la superstición y es anacrónica, cuando es ya práctica común entre la gente el recibir la comunión en la mano.

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2. (colloquial) noggin, block, nut (head)
   • 2013, Pedro Urvi, Conflicto: El enigma de los Ilenios II‎^[1], self-published, →ISBN:

     Al grandullón le encantaba la acción. No podía esperar para meterse en algún lío y repartir mamporros o romper crismas, como él mismo solía decir.

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• The gender is feminine when it means "head" and typically masculine when it means "chrism."

crisma

1. inflection of crismar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “crisma”, 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