estomago

See also: estómago and estômago

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtomaɡo/

Noun

estomago m (plural estomagos)

1. (anatomy) stomach
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26r:

     Et ſu uertud es atal. que ſana dela dolor del eſtomago ⁊ delos eſtentinos aqui la trae colgada ſobrellos.

     And its virtue is such that it cures the aches of the stomach and the intestines of whoever has it hanging over them.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 62v:

     […] ſi dieren della a beuer peſo de una dragma al que la beue fazel perder toda la fuerça del retenimiento del eſtomago. ⁊ el apetito de comer.

     […] if they were to give someone to drink of it the weight of one dram, the drinker would lose containment of his stomach and his appetite.

Descendants

• Spanish: estómago

Portuguese

Noun

estomago m (plural estomagos)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of estômago
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter II, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 18:

     As comidas eram optimas, respondi, mas o estomago e a cabeça não me iam bem. O Dr. Liberato indicou um remedio.

     The food was great, I answered, but my stomach and head were not treating me well. Dr. Liberato had prescribed some medicine.

Spanish

Verb

estomago

1. first-person singular present indicative of estomagar