catecismo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• catequismo

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin catēchismus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈsiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɨˈsiʒ.mu/

Noun

catecismo m (plural catecismos)

1. catechism

Related terms

• catequese
• catequizar
• catequista

Further reading

• “catecismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• catequismo

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin catēchismus.

Noun

catecismo m (plural catecismos)

1. catechism

Related terms

• catequesis
• catequista
• catequizar

 

Further reading

• “catecismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28