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noun, masculine

bautismo

/bauˈtismo/

noun, masculine/bauˈtismo/plural: bautismos

baptism (rite, ceremony)

Synonyms: bautizo

Related: bautismal, bautismo de fuego, bautismo de sangre, bautismo de socorro

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”).