capelão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capelan, capellan, borrowed from Old Occitan capelan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.peˈlɐ̃w̃/ [ka.peˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal, with elision) IPA^(key): [kɐ.ˈplɐ̃w̃]
• Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧lão

Noun

capelão m (plural capelães)

1. chaplain, padre

Related terms

• capela