taumaturgo
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós).
Noun
taumaturgo m (plural taumaturgos, feminine taumaturga, feminine plural taumaturgas)
- thaumaturge (performer of miracles)
Related terms
- taumaturxia
- taumatúrxico
Further reading
- “taumaturgo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taw.maˈtur.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -urɡo
- Hyphenation: tau‧ma‧tùr‧go
Noun
taumaturgo m (plural taumaturgi, feminine taumaturga)
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /taw.maˈtuʁ.ɡu/ [taʊ̯.maˈtuɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /taw.maˈtuɾ.ɡu/ [taʊ̯.maˈtuɾ.ɡu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /taw.maˈtuʁ.ɡu/ [taʊ̯.maˈtuʁ.ɡu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /taw.maˈtuɻ.ɡo/ [taʊ̯.maˈtuɻ.ɡo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /taw.mɐˈtuɾ.ɡu/ [taw.mɐˈtuɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: tau‧ma‧tur‧go
Noun
taumaturgo m (plural taumaturgos, feminine taumaturga, feminine plural taumaturgas)
- thaumaturge (performer of miracles)
Related terms
Further reading
- “taumaturgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taumaˈtuɾɡo/ [t̪au̯.maˈt̪uɾ.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -uɾɡo
- Syllabification: tau‧ma‧tur‧go
Noun
taumaturgo m (plural taumaturgos, feminine taumaturga, feminine plural taumaturgas)
- thaumaturge (performer of miracles)
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 184:
- San Antonio es santo que necesita ser tratado con rigor; por eso las muchachas, que son sus devotas habituales, hacen con él perrerías: colocan su imagen boca abajo, la cuelgan invertida, la sumergen en el agua, etc.; todo esto por tiempo indefinido, hasta que el taumaturgo les concede lo que piden.
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Related terms
Further reading
- “taumaturgo”, 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