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bautizado

baptised

adjective bah-oo-tee-SAH-doh Rare

Also means

named

Usage Note

Bautizado is the past participle of bautizar used as an adjective ('having been baptised'). It also appears figuratively — el proyecto bautizado como X ('the project named X') — giving it a broader 'dubbed/christened' sense in journalism. The noun is el bautismo or colloquially el bautizo (a christening ceremony).

Examples

"El niño fue bautizado en la catedral."

Natural Translation

The child was baptised in the cathedral.

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