testamento

Portuguese

/ˌtes.ta.ˈmẽ.tu/, /ˌtes.ta.ˈmẽ.to/, /tɨʃ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/

noun
Definitions
  • (law) will; testament formal declaration of one’s intent concerning the disposal of one’s property and holdings after death
  • (Christianity) testament either of two parts of the Bible

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese testamento borrowed from Latin testāmentum (testament, the publication of a will, a will, will, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible).

Origin

Latin

testāmentum

Gloss

testament, the publication of a will, a will, will, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible

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