antepassado

Portuguese

Etymology

From antepassar +‎ -ado. Compare Spanish antepasado and Catalan avantpassat.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ.pɐˈsa.du/ [ɐ̃.tɨ.pɐˈsa.ðu]

  • Rhymes: -adu
  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧pas‧sa‧do

Noun

antepassado m (plural antepassados, feminine antepassada, feminine plural antepassadas)

  1. (usually in the plural) ancestor, forefather, primogenitor
    Synonym: ancestral

Participle

antepassado (feminine antepassada, masculine plural antepassados, feminine plural antepassadas)

  1. past participle of antepassar
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