Masculine
espírito
Sentences
Meaning
- (masculine) spirit (the soul of a person or other living being)
- (masculine) ghost
- (masculine) nature; characteristic
Concepts
Synonyms
braseiro
parati
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈpi.ɾi.tu/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese espirito, borrowed from Latin spīritus, from spīrō (“breathe, respire; live”), from Proto-Indo-European *speys- (“to blow”).
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