ángel

Meaning

1. (masculine) angel (an incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity)
2. (masculine) angel (one of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues)
3. (masculine) angel (a person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness)

Concepts

angel

👼

saint

seraph

Angel

👼

angelo

holy man

holy person

Synonyms

santo

mensajero de Dios

Translations

Engel

👼

ange

👼

angelo

👼

anjo

👼

engel

👼

άγγελος

angelus

👼

melek

👼

àngel

👼

ملاك

ملك

👼

angel

àngel

Angelo

Hyphenated as

án‧gel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈanxel/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: angel

Cognate with Catalan: àngel

Cognate with Occitan: àngel

Cognate with Ladino: andjel

Cognate with Portuguese: anjo

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish angel, borrowed from Late Latin angelus (“messenger, angel”), or alternatively perhaps an early borrowing from Old Occitan (compare Catalan àngel, Occitan àngel) or another Gallo-Romance language, explaining the lack of a final -o; a variant dialectal form ángelo is attested, however. The Latin word itself derives from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, envoy, angel”). Compare cognate Ladino andjel and the inherited Portuguese anjo.