enfermero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish enfermo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish enfermero

From enfermo + -ero. Compare Portuguese enfermeiro, French infirmier, and Italian infermiere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enfeɾˈmeɾo/ [ẽɱ.feɾˈme.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: en‧fer‧me‧ro

Noun

enfermero m (plural enfermeros, feminine enfermera, feminine plural enfermeras)

1. nurse

Related terms

• enfermería
• enfermo

Further reading

• “enfermero”, 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