herético

See also: heretico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”). Doublet of herege.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɛ.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɾɛ.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: he‧ré‧ti‧co

Adjective

herético (feminine herética, masculine plural heréticos, feminine plural heréticas)

1. heretical (of or relating to heresy or heretics)

   Synonym: herege

2. (of ideas or views) heretical (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)

Related terms

• heresia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”), in Ecclesiastical Greek (“heretic”), from αἱρετίζω (hairetízō, “to choose”). Doublet of hereje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾetiko/ [eˈɾe.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -etiko
• Syllabification: he‧ré‧ti‧co

Adjective

herético (feminine herética, masculine plural heréticos, feminine plural heréticas)

1. heretic, heretical

Related terms

• hereje
• herejía

 

Further reading

• “herético”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10