Adão

See also: Adao

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Adan, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɐˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: A‧dão

Proper noun

Adão m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
  2. Adam (in Abrahamic religions, the first man and the progenitor of the human race)

Derived terms

Further reading

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