cristiano

• cristián (especially Tensino)

From Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, Anointed [One]”) + Latin suffix -ānus.

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no
• Rhymes: -ano

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristianos or cristians, feminine plural cristianas)

1. Christian

cristiano m (plural cristianos or cristians, feminine cristiana, feminine plural cristianas)

1. a Christian
2. (by extension) brother, fellow man

• "cristiano", Diccionario general, cast-ara, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• "cristiano", Definizión aragonés, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cristiano”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• 2022 October, Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) (version 13) (in Aragonese), page 677
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), pages 323-4

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/ [kɾis̪ˈt̪ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no

cristiano

1. neuter of cristianu

From Latin Christiānus, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, Anointed [One]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. Doublet of cretino.

• IPA^(key): /krisˈtja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: cri‧stià‧no

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristiani, feminine plural cristiane, superlative cristianissimo)

1. Christian

cristiano m (plural cristiani, feminine cristiana)

1. a Christian
2. (colloquial, endearing) person, man

• Cristiano

• castorini, incrostai, ostinarci, riscontai, rosicanti, torcinasi

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/ [kɾisˈt̪ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no

Borrowed from Latin Christiānus; it is popular or inherited in some dialects of Spain (and pronounced as a three-syllable word).^[1]

• christiano (Christianity, obsolete)

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristianos, feminine plural cristianas, superlative cristianísimo)

1. Christian (of the Christian religion)

cristiano m (plural cristianos, feminine cristiana, feminine plural cristianas)

1. Christian (member of the Christian religion)
2. (colloquial) guy (person)

   Synonyms: tipo, (pejorative) fulano, (Chile) gallo

• → Cebuano: Kristiyano
• → Ilocano: Kristiano
• → Tagalog: Kristiyano
• → Tzotzil: krixchano

cristiano

1. first-person singular present indicative of cristianar

• “cristiano”, 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