Masculine

Adão

Meaning

  1. (masculine) a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
  2. (masculine) Adam (in Abrahamic religions, the first man and the progenitor of the human race)

Concepts

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈdɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Adan, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

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