anjo

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Meaning

  1. (masculine) angel
  2. (figuratively,masculine) a very good person

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
an‧jo
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɐ̃.ʒu/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese angeo (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus (“angel”), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). Cognate with Galician anxo, Spanish ángel, Catalan and Occitan àngel, French ange, Italian angelo and Romanian înger. Doublet of Ângelo and ângelus.

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