santo

See also: Santo

English

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Santo (art)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santo.

Noun

santo (plural santos)

1. (art) A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies.
   • 1972, Shirley Glubok, The Art of the Spanish in the United States and Puerto Rico:

     A santo may get a new coat of paint on its feast day or at Christmas. Or sometimes, when a prayer has been granted, a Puerto Rican repays his santo with a fresh coat of paint.

See also

• vin santo, Vin Santo

Anagrams

• natos, tonas, sat on, Stano, aston, Aston, Atons, Tanos

Asturian

Adjective

santo

1. neuter of santu

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

santo

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanto/ [ˈs̺an̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: san‧to

Adjective

santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas)

1. holy, sacred

Derived terms

• camposanto

Noun

santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

1. saint

Derived terms

• costa abaixo todos os santos axudan

Related terms

• san
• santificar

Further reading

• “santo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

santo

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Alternative forms

• santu (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santo (“male saint”), from Old Galician-Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsanto/ [ˈsan̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: san‧to

Noun

santo m (feminine santa)

1. (Christianity) saint

Further reading

• “santo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Istriot

Etymology

Derived from Latin sānctus.

Adjective

santo

1. holy

Italian

Alternative forms

• san (Saint, before a consonant (except preconsonantal s))
• sant' (Saint, before a vowel)
• S. (Saint, abbreviation)

Etymology

Derived from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.to/
• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: sàn‧to

Adjective

santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santi, feminine plural sante, superlative santissimo)

1. holy

Noun

santo m (plural santi, feminine santa)

1. saint
2. (before a name of a saint or in place names, often capitalized) Saint

Derived terms

• Anno Santo
• camposanto
• santa Messa
• Santa Sede
• santabarbara
• santamente
• santificare
• santificazione
• santino
• santissimo
• santità
• Santo Padre
• Santo Sepolcro
• santone
• santorale
• santuario
• Settimana Santa
• Spirito Santo
• Terra Santa
• tutti i Santi / Ognissanti
• vinsanto

See also

• beato
• sacro

Further reading

• santo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• stano, stanò, stona