santo

/ˈsanto/, [ˈsãn̪.t̪o]

holy, saint


Adjective santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas) (superlative santísimo)

  1. holy, godly

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Examples
  • ¿Santo y seña?

    Password?

  • Todos saben que él no es ningún santo. Defendiéndolo, estaríamos aceptando e incentivando sus actitudes.

    Everyone knows that he's no saint. By defending him, we'd be accepting and encouraging his views.

  • De modo que el Padre es Dios, el Hijo es Dios, y el Espíritu Santo es Dios. Y aun así no son tres Dioses, sino Un Dios.

    So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God.

  • Él no es un santo.

    He is no saint.

  • No se puede cantar y bailar en el Viernes Santo.

    You can't sing and dance on Good Friday.

  • A cada santo le llega su día.

    Every dog has his day.

  • Cuando doy comida a los pobres, me llaman santo. Cuando pregunto por qué los pobres no tienen nada de comer, me llaman comunista.

    When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

  • Los bandidos robaron el Santo Grial.

    The bandits stole the Holy Grail.

  • ¡Santo cielo, qué enorme caja!

    My heavens, what an enormous box!

  • De repente, el Espíritu Santo comenzó a nombrarme las cosas reveladas en este testimonio.

    All of a sudden, The Holy Spirit began to speak to me the things revealed in this testimony.

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