batizar

Alternative forms

• baptizar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese bautizar, batiçar, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptīzāre, present active infinitive of baptīzō (“I baptise”), from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptise”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ti.ˈzaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ti‧zar

Verb

batizar (first-person singular present indicative batizo, past participle batizado)

1. to baptise
2. to christen