noun, masculine/pɾoˈfeta/plural: profetas
prophet
Related: profetismo
Inherited from Old Spanish propheta, a learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).