Páscoa

Meaning

Easter

Hyphenated as

Pás‧co‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpas.kwɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Pascoa, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), ultimately from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh).

Sentences

Você vai ajudar com essa parte para a Páscoa ou somos nós ?

Are you going to help with that part for Easter or is it us?

Para o Natal , o porco em sal e para a Páscoa , no fogo .

For Christmas, the pork in salt and for Easter, in the fire.

Quem para o Carnaval é cozido , a Páscoa queima a madeira .

Who for Carnival is cooked, Easter burns the wood.

À procura da Páscoa e de São Vicente os parelletes.

Looking for Easter and St. Vincent the Parelletes.