irmán

Meaning

brother

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iɾˈmaŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: germānus

Cognate with Portuguese: irmão

Cognate with Spanish: hermano

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese irmão and its variants, from Vulgar Latin germānus (“brother”), from Latin germānus (“of siblings”). Cognate to Portuguese irmão and Spanish hermano.

Sentences

Outro irmán foi obreiro téxtil e unha das irmás casou cun barbeiro .

Another brother was a textile worker and one of the sisters married a barber.

O seu irmán maior Vasili morreu de neno .

His older brother Vasili died as a child.