alcoholismo

Galician

Alternative forms

• alcolismo

Noun

alcoholismo m (uncountable)

1. alcoholism

Related terms

• alcohol
• alcohólico

Further reading

• “alcoholismo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish alcohol

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish alcoholismo

From alcohol + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkooˈlismo/ [al.ko.oˈliz.mo], /alkoˈlismo/ [al.koˈliz.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: al‧co‧ho‧lis‧mo

Noun

alcoholismo m (plural alcoholismos)

1. alcoholism

Related terms

• alcohólico
• alcoholista

Further reading

• “alcoholismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025