enfermo

See also: enfermó

Asturian

Adjective

enfermo

1. neuter of enfermu

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese enfermo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īnfirmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eɱˈfeɾmʊ]

Adjective

enfermo (feminine enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)

1. sick, ill, diseased
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:

     Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo

     the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has the ears cold and the eyes hollow, is badly ill

   Synonyms: doente, mal

Noun

enfermo m (plural enfermos, feminine enferma, feminine plural enfermas)

1. sick person

   Synonym: doente

2. (in the plural) sick
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:

     Ali da soude aos enfermos et alumea os çegos

     There He gives health to the sick and lights the blind

Verb

enfermo

1. first-person singular present indicative of enfermar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enfermo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfermo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enfermo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enfermo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enfermo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnfirmus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

enfermo (feminine enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)

1. (of a person) sick, ill

   Synonyms: doente, adoecido, mal

Derived terms

• enfermaria
• enfermagem
• enfermeiro, enfermeira
• enfermiço
• enfermidade

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈfeɾmo/ [ẽɱˈfeɾ.mo]

Etymology 1

From Latin īnfirmus (“weak, feeble”), from īn- + firmus (“strong”).

Adjective

enfermo (feminine enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)

1. sick, ill

Derived terms

• enfermería f
• enfermero m, enfermera f
• enfermizo
• enfermo mental

Related terms

• enfermar
• enfermedad

Etymology 2

Verb

enfermo

1. first-person singular present indicative of enfermar

Further reading

• “enfermo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014