esmalte

See also: esmalté

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈmaltɪ]

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

1. enamel
2. enamel-work
   • 1435, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 139:

     hũu esmalte con escudo con çinco follas de figueira, que podera pesar hũu marquo et medio de prata pouquo mas ou menos;

     an enamel with a shield with five leaves of fig, that can weight a mark and a half of silver, give or take

Related terms

• esmaltar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esmalte”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmalte”, 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), “esmalte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [izˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ezˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [izˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ezˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [iʒˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /eʒˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [eʒˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ezˈmaw.te/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈmal.tɨ/ [(i)ʒˈmaɫ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: es‧mal‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

1. (Brazil) nail polish, nail varnish

   Synonym: (Portugal) verniz

2. enamel (covering on teeth)
3. glaze (coating on pottery)

Descendants

• → Tetum: ezmalte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esmalte

1. inflection of esmaltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “esmalte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “esmalte”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “esmalte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “esmalte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈmalte/ [ezˈmal̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -alte
• Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish esmalte, likely from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

1. enamel
2. glaze (coating on pottery)
3. nail polish, nail varnish

   Synonyms: pintaúñas, barniz, laca

4. (heraldry) tincture

   Synonym: color

Derived terms

• esmalte de uñas
• quitaesmalte

Descendants

• → Tagalog: esmalte

Etymology 2

Verb

esmalte

1. inflection of esmaltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “esmalte”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmalte.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈmalte/ [ʔɛsˈmal.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -alte
• Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

Noun

esmalte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. enamel