espírito

Meaning

1. (masculine) spirit (the soul of a person or other living being)
2. (masculine) ghost
3. (masculine) nature; characteristic

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈpi.ɾi.tu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espirito, borrowed from Latin spīritus, from spīrō (“breathe, respire; live”), from Proto-Indo-European *speys- (“to blow”).

Sentences

O espírito pode dividir , penso eu , a ciência em três partes .

The spirit can divide, I think, science into three parts.

Ele possuía a verdade e não podia viver com o cego do espírito .

He possessed the truth and could not live with the blind of the spirit.

O espírito da individualidade é muito vivo .

The spirit of individuality is very alive.