pessoa.
person (an individual being, especially a human)
Meaning & usage
person (an individual being, especially a human)
Estava a ver/vendo umas pessoas caminhar.
person (someone’s physical body)
O sujeito portava uma arma em/na sua pessoa.
person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion)
Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa.
person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity)
person (person or organisation with standing before the courts)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese pessõa, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Doublet of persona.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.