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Estêvão

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, crown).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈte.vɐ̃w̃/ [isˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /esˈte.vɐ̃w̃/ [esˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈte.vɐ̃w̃/ [iʃˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃˈte.vɐ̃w̃/ [eʃˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈte.vɐ̃w̃/ [esˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Hyphenation: Es‧tê‧vão

Proper noun

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Estêvão m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
  2. (biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)

See also

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Further reading

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  • Estêvão”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 20062024