prelado

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese prelado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin praelatus, form past participle of praeferō (“I prefer”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish prelado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɾe.ˈla.ðʊ]

Noun

prelado m (plural prelados)

1. (Christianity) prelate

References

• “prelado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “prelado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “prelado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “prelado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prelado, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin praelātus, form past participle of praeferō (“to prefer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈla.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈla.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈla.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈla.du/ [pɾɨˈla.ðu]

• Hyphenation: pre‧la‧do

Noun

prelado m (plural prelados)

1. (Christianity) prelate (a clergyman of high rank and authority)

Hyponyms

• arcebispo, bispo, vigário-geral

Related terms

• prelada
• preladia
• prelatício
• prelativo
• prelatura
• prelazia

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin praelātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈlado/ [pɾeˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pre‧la‧do

Noun

prelado m (plural prelados, feminine prelada, feminine plural preladas)

1. prelate

   Synonyms: (bishop) obispo, (bishop) mitrado

Derived terms

• prelaticio

 

Further reading

• “prelado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014