cristiano

See also: Cristiano

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• cristián (Tensino)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no

Adjective

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristianos or cristians, feminine plural cristianas)

1. Christian

Noun

cristiano m (plural cristianos or cristians, feminine cristiana, feminine plural cristianas)

1. a Christian

References

• “cristiano”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cristiano”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Adjective

cristiano

1. neuter of cristianu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Christiānus. Doublet of cretino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriˈstja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: cri‧stià‧no

Adjective

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristiani, feminine plural cristiane, superlative cristianissimo)

1. Christian

Noun

cristiano m (plural cristiani, feminine cristiana)

1. a Christian
2. (colloquial, endearing) person, man

Related terms

• cristianamente
• cristianesimo
• cristianità
• cristianizzare
• Cristo
• democristiano
• paleocristiano
• precristiano

 

See also

• Cristiano

Anagrams

• castorini, incrostai, ostinarci, riscontai, rosicanti, torcinasi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/ [kɾisˈt̪ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Christiānus; it is popular or inherited in some dialects of Spain (and pronounced as a three-syllable word).

Adjective

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristianos, feminine plural cristianas, superlative cristianísimo)

1. Christian (of the Christian religion)

Alternative forms

• christiano (obsolete)

Derived terms

• anticristiano
• democracia cristiana
• doctrina cristiana
• en cristiano
• era cristiana

 

Related terms

• Cristo

 

Noun

cristiano m (plural cristianos, feminine cristiana, feminine plural cristianas)

1. Christian (member of the Christian religion)
2. (colloquial) guy (person)

   Synonyms: tipo, (pejorative) fulano, (Chile) gallo

Alternative forms

• christiano (Christianity, obsolete)

Derived terms

• en cristiano
• lo que se han de comer los gusanos, que lo disfruten los cristianos
• moros y cristianos
• o todos moros o todos cristianos

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Kristiyano
• → Ilocano: Kristiano
• → Tagalog: Kristiyano
• → Tzotzil: krixchano

Etymology 2

Verb

cristiano

1. first-person singular present indicative of cristianar

Further reading

• “cristiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10