Espírito Santo

See also: Espiritu Santo

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Espírito Santo (literally “Holy Ghost”).

Proper noun

Espírito Santo

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Vitória

Translations

state in south-eastern Brazil

Arabic: إِسْبِيرِيتُو سَانْتُو (ʔisbīrītū sāntū) Catalan: Espírito Santo m Chinese: Mandarin: 聖埃斯皮里圖 / 圣埃斯皮里图 French: Espírito Santo (fr) m Japanese: エスピリトサント (Esupiritosanto) Latin: Spiritus Sanctus m Latvian: Espīritu Santu Portuguese: Espírito Santo (pt) m Russian: Эспи́риту-Са́нту (ru) (Espíritu-Sántu) Spanish: Espírito Santo Telugu: ఎస్పిరిటో సాంటో (espiriṭō sāṇṭō)

See also

Divisions of the Federative Republic of Brazil in English (layout · text)

States: Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Goias · Maranhão · Mato Grosso · Mato Grosso do Sul · Minas Gerais · Pará · Paraíba · Paraná · Pernambuco · Piauí · Rio de Janeiro · Rio Grande do Norte · Rio Grande do Sul · Rondônia · Roraima · Santa Catarina · São Paulo · Sergipe · Tocantins

Federal District: Federal District

Further reading

• Category:Espírito Santo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Espírito Santo on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Espírito Santo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• operationists, posterisation

Portuguese

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Espírito Santo

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Espírito Santo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Espirito Santo, from Ecclesiastical Latin Spīritus Sānctus, from Ancient Greek Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον (Pneûmă tò Hágĭon), from Biblical Hebrew רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (rúakh hakódesh).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/, /eʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpi.ɾi.to ˈsɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpi.ɾi.tu ˈsɐ̃.tu/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Espírito Santo m

1. (Christianity) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit (one of the three figures of the Holy Trinity)
2. Espírito Santo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil; capital: Vitória)

   Synonym: ES (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Espírito Santo do Dourado
• Espírito Santo do Pinhal
• Espírito Santo do Turvo
• espírito-santense

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraíba
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Rondônia
• Roraima
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo
• Sergipe
• Tocantins