Cristo

Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Cristo, Portuguese Cristo or Italian Cristo).

Cristo (plural Cristos)

1. A surname from the Romance languages.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cristo is the 37180^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Cristo is most common among White (53.83%) and Hispanic/Latino (42.0%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cristo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.

From Old Galician-Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto̝/

Cristo m

1. Christ

• cristián
• cristiandade
• cristianismo
• cristo
• cristoloxía

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Cristo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Cristo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Christo (obsolete)

From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.sto/

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• Rhymes: -isto
• Hyphenation: Crì‧sto

Cristo m

1. Christ
2. a figure of Christ, crucifix

• crocifisso
• Gesù

• crosti, scorti, scroti, storci

From Old Galician-Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
• Homophone: cristo
• Hyphenation: Cris‧to

Cristo m

1. (Christianity) Christ (title given to Jesus as the messiah)

• → Japanese: キリスト (Kirisuto)
• → Vietnamese: 基移吹蘇 (Ki-ri-xi-tô)

• Christo (archaic)

Borrowed from Latin Christus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: Cris‧to

Cristo m

1. Christ

• → Cebuano: Kristo
• → Guaraní: Kirito