diácono

See also: diacono

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.nu/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.nu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.nu/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.nu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.no/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.no], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ku.nu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdja.ku.nu/

Noun

diácono m (plural diáconos)

1. (Church history) deacon (a designated minister of charity in the early Church)
2. (Roman Catholicism) deacon (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
3. (Protestantism) deacon (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjakono/ [ˈd̪ja.ko.no]
• Rhymes: -akono
• Syllabification: diá‧co‧no

Noun

diácono m (plural diáconos, feminine diácona, feminine plural diáconas)

1. deacon

Related terms

• arcediano
• archidiácono

 

Further reading

• “diácono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28