milagro
English
Noun
milagro (plural milagros)
- A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish miraglo, miráclo, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum.[1] Compare Galician milagre and Portuguese milagre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈlaɡɾo/ [miˈla.ɣ̞ɾo]
- Rhymes: -aɡɾo
- Syllabification: mi‧la‧gro
Noun
milagro m (plural milagros)
- miracle
- Este relato se trata de un milagro de la Virgen de Guadalupe. ― This tale is about a miracle from Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- wonder, very unusual event
- ¿Dices que estás esperando que se disculpe mi hermano? Qué bueno. Pues, en caso de que hubiera sucedido un milagro como el que has descrito, avísame pronto.
- So you say you're waiting for my brother to apologize? Great. So, if by miracle such a thing happened, let me know ASAP.
- (literally, “in the event that such a miracle as you have described has happened...”)
Derived terms
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “milagro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /miˈlaɡɾo/ [mɪˈlaɡ.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -aɡɾo
- Syllabification: mi‧lag‧ro
Related terms
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