anátema

See also: anatema, anatemă, and anatemą

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ (anáthema).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.te.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.te.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.te.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈna.tɨ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -atemɐ, -atɨmɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ná‧te‧ma

Noun

anátema m (plural anátemas)

1. anathema (sentence that expels a Catholic from the Church)

   Synonym: excomunhão

2. curse, imprecation
3. condemnation, rebuke, reproof

Related terms

adjectives

• anatematizado
• anatematizador

 

nouns

• anatematização f
• anatematizador m

 

verbs

• anatematizar

 

Further reading

• “anátema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “anátema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024