sarcófago

See also: sarcofago

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σαρκός (sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [sahˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saɾˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [saχˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saɻˈkɔ.fa.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈkɔ.fɐ.ɡu/ [sɐɾˈkɔ.fɐ.ɣu]

Hyphenation: sar‧có‧fa‧go

Noun

sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)

sarcophagus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saɾˈkofaɡo/ [saɾˈko.fa.ɣ̞o]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ofaɡo
Syllabification: sar‧có‧fa‧go

Noun

sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)

sepulcher
Synonym: sepulcro
sarcophagus

Further reading

“sarcófago”, 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