bautismo

Semi-learned word from the older baptismo, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge”).

• IPA^(key): /bauˈtismo/ [bau̯ˈt̪iz.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: bau‧tis‧mo

bautismo m (plural bautismos)

1. baptism (rite, ceremony)

   Synonym: bautizo

• “bautismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014