pessoa

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pessôa, persoa (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese pessõa, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Doublet of persona. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Pessoa Rhymes: -oɐ, -owɐ Hyphenation: pes‧so‧a === Noun === pessoa f (plural pessoas) person (an individual being, especially a human) Synonyms: indivíduo, sujeito Estava a ver/vendo umas pessoas caminhar. ― I was watching some people walk. (formal) person (someone’s physical body) Synonym: corpo O sujeito portava uma arma em/na sua pessoa. ― The person was carrying a weapon in his person. (grammar) person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion) Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa. ― He is a third-person pronoun. (Christianity theology) person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity) Synonyms: pessoa divina, hipóstase (law) person (person or organisation with standing before the courts) ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:pessoa. ==== Hyponyms ==== (grammatical person): primeira pessoa, segunda pessoa, terceira pessoa (person of the Holy Trinity): (Holy Trinity) (Santíssima) Trindade; Pai, Filho, Espírito Santo (legal person): pessoa física / pessoa natural, pessoa jurídica / pessoa moral ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “pessoa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pessoa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026