Espírito Santo

See also: Espiritu Santo

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Espírito Santo (literally “Holy Ghost”).

Proper noun

Espírito Santo

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Vitória

Translations

state in south-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: إِسْبِيرِيتُو سَانْتُو (ʔisbīrītū sāntū)
• Catalan: Espírito Santo m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖埃斯皮里圖 / 圣埃斯皮里图

• French: Espírito Santo (fr) m
• Japanese: エスピリトサント (Esupiritosanto)
• Latin: Spiritus Sanctus m
• Latvian: Espīritu Santu
• Portuguese: Espírito Santo (pt) m
• Russian: Эспи́риту-Са́нту (ru) (Espíritu-Sántu)
• Spanish: Espírito Santo
• Telugu: ఎస్పిరిటో సాంటో (espiriṭō sāṇṭō)

Further reading

• Category:Espírito Santo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Espírito Santo on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Espírito Santo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• operationists, posterisation

Portuguese

Espírito Santo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Espirito Santo, from Ecclesiastical Latin Spīritus Sānctus, from Ancient Greek Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον (Pneûmă tò Hágĭon), from Biblical Hebrew רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (rúakh hakódesh).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /eʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpi.ɾi.to ˈsɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Espírito Santo m

1. (Christianity) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit (one of the three figures of the Holy Trinity)
2. Espírito Santo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil; capital: Vitória)

   Synonym: ES (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Espírito Santo do Dourado
• Espírito Santo do Pinhal
• Espírito Santo do Turvo
• espírito-santense

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraíba
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Rondônia
• Roraima
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo
• Sergipe
• Tocantins