limosna
Spanish
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Etymology
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Late Latin eleēmosyna
Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna
Old Spanish almosna
Spanish limosna
Inherited from Old Spanish limosna, from older almosna, elemosina, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”) (compare French aumône, Italian elemosina, Portuguese esmola), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “pity, mercy”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “pitiful, merciful”). Cognate with English alms.
Pronunciation
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[edit]limosna f (plural limosnas)
- alms
- charity; charitable donation
- Synonym: caridad
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “limosna”, 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
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