quaresma
Portuguese
/kwa.ˈɾɛz.mɐ/, /kwɐ.ˈɾɛʒ.mɐ/
noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) Lent period of penitence for Christians before Easter
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *quaresima, quadrāgēsima (Lent, the fortieth part, forty-day fast).
Origin
Latin
quadrāgēsima
Gloss
Lent, the fortieth part, forty-day fast
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *quaresima Latin
- *quarēsima Latin
- quadragesima Latin
- quadrāgēsima Latin
- quadragesima Italian
- quaresima Italian
- carême French
- Cuaresma Spanish, Castilian
- cuadragésima Spanish, Castilian
- quadragésima Portuguese
- caresme Old French
- coresma Galician
- păresimi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Kuwaresma Tagalog
- kreshmë Albanian
- quareesma Old Portuguese
- preasinj Aromanian
- coresime Friulian