testamento

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish testament, German Testament, German Testament, English testament and Italian testamento, from Latin testamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testaˈmento/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: tes‧ta‧men‧to

Noun

testamento (accusative singular testamenton, plural testamentoj, accusative plural testamentojn)

1. testament

Derived terms

• Malnova Testamento
• Nova Testamento

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese testamento, from Latin testamentum (“testament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testaˈmento/ [t̪es̺.t̪aˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): /testaˈmɛnto/ [t̪es̺.t̪aˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: tes‧ta‧men‧to

Noun

testamento m (plural testamentos)

1. (law) testament, will
   • 1323, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo, IV, page 59:

     Et mando et quero que esta seia a minna postrimeyra voontade et se esto non valer commo testamento mando que valla commo codiçillo ou commo outra escriptura publica qualquier

     I order and want that this be my last will, and if it is not valid as testament then I order that it serves as codicil or as another whichever public deed

2. (Christianity) testament

Derived terms

• Novo Testamento
• Vello Testamento

Related terms

• testemuña
• testemuño

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “testamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “testamento”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “testamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “testamento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “testamento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto testamento, from Italian testamento, Spanish testamento, Portuguese testamento, English testament, French testament, German Testament, all ultimately from Latin testāmentum.

Noun

testamento (plural testamenti)

1. (law) will, testament

Derived terms

• testamentala (“testamentary”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin testamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tes.taˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: te‧sta‧mén‧to

Noun

testamento m (plural testamenti)

1. will, testament

Anagrams

• tostamente

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛs.taːˈmɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tes.taˈmɛn.to]

Noun

testāmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of testāmentum

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin testāmentum.

Noun

testamento m

1. (Old Lombard) testament
   • c. 1270, Pietro de Barsegapé, Sermon divin:

     E del nouo e del uedre testamento de Christe

     And the new and old testament of Crist

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese testamento, probably borrowed from Latin testāmentum, from testor (“to testify”), from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.taˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.taˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʃ.taˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.taˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨʃ.tɐˈmẽ.tu/

Noun

testamento m (plural testamentos)

1. (law) will; testament (formal declaration of one’s intent concerning the disposal of one’s property and holdings after death)
2. (Christianity) testament (either of two parts of the Bible)
3. (figurative) a long text

Derived terms

• Antigo Testamento
• Novo Testamento
• testamento de Judas
• Velho Testamento

Related terms

• testamentado
• testamental
• testamentaria
• testamentário
• testamenteiro
• testemunho

Further reading

• “testamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “testamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025