pontificado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pontifiˈkado/ [põn̪.t̪i.fiˈka.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pon‧ti‧fi‧ca‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin pontificātus.

Noun

pontificado m (plural pontificados)

1. pontificate
2. papacy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

pontificado (feminine pontificada, masculine plural pontificados, feminine plural pontificadas)

1. past participle of pontificar

Further reading

• “pontificado”, 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