bendito

blessed

Related: agua bendita, bendito sea Dios, cardo bendito, por Dios bendito

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of benito, as well as Old Spanish bendicho.

A prayer that begins with "Bendito y alabado sea..."

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well of”). Doublet of benito, as well as Old Spanish bendicho.