sarcófago

See also: sarcofago

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σαρκός (sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [sahˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [sahˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saɾˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/ [saχˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saɻˈkɔ.fa.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈkɔ.fɐ.ɡu/ [sɐɾˈkɔ.fɐ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: sar‧có‧fa‧go

Noun

sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)

1. sarcophagus

Spanish

sarcófago

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾˈkofaɡo/ [saɾˈko.fa.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ofaɡo
• Syllabification: sar‧có‧fa‧go

Noun

sarcófago m (plural sarcófagos)

1. sepulcher

   Synonym: sepulcro

2. sarcophagus

Further reading

• “sarcófago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28