quaresma

Meaning

Lent (period of penitence for Christians before Easter)

Hyphenated as

qua‧res‧ma

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwaˈɾɛz.mɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quaraesma, from Latin quadrāgēsima (“the fortieth part; Lent”), substantive of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”). Compare Spanish Cuaresma. Doublet of quadragésima, which was a borrowing.

Sentences

Ele veio , como a roda do tempo , o primeiro domingo da Quaresma .

He came, like the wheel of time, the first Sunday of Lent.