Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) angel
- (figuratively, masculine) a very good person
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɐ̃.ʒu/
Etymology
In summary
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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