milagro

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish milagro (“miracle”), from Latin mīrāculum. Doublet of miracle and miraculum.

Noun

milagro (plural milagros)

1. A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish milagro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlaɡɾo/ [miˈl̪aɡ.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: mi‧la‧gro

Noun

milágro (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜄ᜔ᜍᜓ)

1. miracle

   Synonym: ngalasan

Related terms

• milagroso

 

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish milagro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlaɡɾo/, [miˈla.ɡɾo]
• Hyphenation: mi‧la‧gro

Noun

milagro

1. miracle

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish milagro.

Noun

milagro

1. miracle

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish miraglo, miráclo, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum.^[1] Compare Galician milagre and Portuguese milagre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlaɡɾo/ [miˈla.ɣ̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾo
• Syllabification: mi‧la‧gro

Noun

milagro m (plural milagros)

1. miracle

   Este relato se trata de un milagro de la Virgen de Guadalupe. ― This tale is about a miracle from Our Lady of Guadalupe.

2. wonder, very unusual event

   ¿Dices que estás esperando que se disculpe mi hermano? Qué bueno. Pues, en caso de que hubiera sucedido un milagro como el que has descrito, avísame pronto.

   So you say you're waiting for my brother to apologize? Great. So, if by some miracle such a thing happens, let me know ASAP.

   (literally, “in the event that such a miracle as you have described has happened...”)

Derived terms

• de milagro

 

Related terms

• amilagrarse
• milagrar
• milagrear
• milagrero
• milagroso
• mirar

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: milagro
• → English: milagro
• → Karao: milagro

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “milagro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mirakulo — pseudo-Hispanism
• milagros

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish milagro, from Old Spanish miraglo, miráclo, from Latin mīrāculum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /miˈlaɡɾo/ [mɪˈlaː.ɡɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾo
• Syllabification: mi‧la‧gro

Noun

milagro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. miracle

   Synonym: himala

Derived terms

• mamilagro

 

Related terms

• admirable
• admirador
• admirasyon
• Milagros
• milagrosa
• milagroso
• mirador
• mirasol
• miron

 

Further reading

• “milagro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 423: “Milagro) Milagros (pp) C.”