anghel

See also: ànghel

Balangao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel.

Noun

anghel

1. angel

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel.

Noun

anghel

1. angel

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaŋhel/ [ˈʔaŋ.hel̪]
• Hyphenation: ang‧hel

Noun

ánghel (Badlit spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. angel

Verb

ánghel (Badlit spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. to save someone like a guardian angel

Derived terms

• anghel nga magbalantay (“guardian angel”)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaŋhel/ [ˈʔaŋ.hel̪]
• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋˈhel/ [ʔaŋˈhel̪]
• Hyphenation: ang‧hel

Noun

ánghel or anghél (plural angheles, Basahan spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. angel

Related terms

• angheliko
• ebanghelikal
• ebangheliyo

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• anhel (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaŋhel/ [ˈʔaŋ.hel]
• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋˈhel/ [ʔaŋˈhel]
• Hyphenation: ang‧hel

Noun

anghel or anghél

1. angel
2. young child who dies before the age of reason

Inabaknon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel.

Noun

anghel

1. angel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of înger.

Noun

anghel m (plural angheli)

1. (dated) angel

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	anghel	anghelul	angheli	anghelii
genitive-dative	anghel	anghelului	angheli	anghelilor
vocative	anghelule		anghelilor

Romansh

Etymology 1

From Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

anghel m (plural anghels)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, religion) angel

Alternative forms

• ànghel (Sutsilvan)
• anguel (Vallader)
• aungel (Puter)
• aunghel (Sursilvan)

Etymology 2

From Latin angulus.

Noun

anghel m (plural anghels)

1. (Surmiran, Sursilvan) angle

Alternative forms

• ànghel (Sutsilvan)
• angul (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• angel — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• anhel — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of ansilis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaŋˈhel/ [ʔɐŋˈhɛl], /ˈʔaŋhel/ [ˈʔaŋ.hɛl]
• Rhymes: -el, -aŋhel
• Syllabification: ang‧hel

Noun

anghél or anghel (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. angel (messenger from a deity)

   Synonyms: (Islam) malaika, (obsolete) ansilis

Derived terms

• anghel na tagatanod
• anghel ng tahanan
• bibig-anghel
• buhok-anghel
• dilang-anghel
• tinig-anghel

Related terms

• ansilis
• Angel
• Angela
• Angeles
• Angelica
• Angelina
• Angelino
• Angelo
• anghel de la guwardiya
• anghelika
• anghelikal
• angheliko
• anghelina
• anghelita
• anghelito
• anghelus
• arkanghel
• ebanghelikamente
• ebangheliko
• ebanghelismo
• ebanghelista
• Ebanghelyo
• ibangsilyo
• kabelyo de anghel

See also

• birtudes
• dominasyones
• katutubo
• kerubin
• potestades
• prinsipados
• serapin
• sugo
• trono

Further reading

• “anghel”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “anghel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 35