eccehomo

See also: ecce homo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ecce homō (literally “behold the man”) (John 19:5).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡθeˈomo/ [eɣ̞.θeˈo.mo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eɡseˈomo/ [eɣ̞.seˈo.mo]
Rhymes: -omo
Syllabification: ec‧ce‧ho‧mo

Noun

eccehomo m (plural eccehomos)

ecce homo
(by extension) a person of pitiable, sorrowful or lacerated appearance

See also

vía crucis

Further reading

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

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