pessoa

• pessôa, persoa (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pessõa, from Vulgar Latin *pessona, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Displaced borrowed persona (retained in dialects of Spain).

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• Homophone: Pessoa
• Rhymes: -oɐ, -owɐ
• Hyphenation: pes‧so‧a

pessoa f (plural pessoas)

2. person (an individual being, especially a human)

   Synonyms: indivíduo, sujeito

   Estava a ver/vendo umas pessoas caminhar. ― I was watching some people walk.

4. (formal) person (someone’s physical body)

   Synonym: corpo

   O sujeito portava uma arma em/na sua pessoa. ― The person was carrying a weapon in his person.

6. (grammar) person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion)

   Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa. ― He is a third-person pronoun.

8. (Christianity theology) person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity)

   Synonyms: pessoa divina, hipóstase

10. (law) person (person or organisation with standing before the courts)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pessoa.

• (grammatical person): primeira pessoa, segunda pessoa, terceira pessoa
• (person of the Holy Trinity):
• (Holy Trinity) (Santíssima) Trindade; Pai, Filho, Espírito Santo
• (legal person): pessoa física / pessoa natural, pessoa jurídica / pessoa moral