professo

See also: professò

Catalan

Verb

professo

1. first-person singular present indicative of professar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈfɛs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛsso
• Hyphenation: pro‧fès‧so

Verb

professo

1. first-person singular present indicative of professare

Latin

Participle

prŏfessō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prŏfessus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɛ.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɛ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɛ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈfɛ.su/

• Rhymes: -ɛsu
• Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧so

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin pro-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *fatēōr

Latin fateor

Latin profiteor

Latin prŏfessuslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese profeso

Portuguese professo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeso, borrowed from Latin prŏfessus, from profiteor, from pro- + fateor.

Adjective

professo (feminine professa, masculine plural professos, feminine plural professas)

1. professed (who has professed or taken vows in a religious order)

   Synonym: professado

2. (figuratively) trained, skilled

   Synonyms: adestrado, hábil

Noun

professo m (plural professos, feminine professa, feminine plural professas)

1. professor (one who has professed or taken vows in a religious order)

Derived terms

verbs

• professar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

professo

1. first-person singular present indicative of professar

Further reading

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