pelmazo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pelma + -azo (possibly a pre-literary early Romance formation); alternatively, pelmazo was the original term from which pelma was a shortening.[1] The term probably derives from Latin pegma, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῆγμα (pêgma). It is also possible to see pelmazo as deriving from the Greek derivative πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion) (through a Vulgar Latin intermediate).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pelˈmaθo/ [pelˈma.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /pelˈmaso/ [pelˈma.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pel‧ma‧zo
Noun
[edit]pelmazo m (plural pelmazos)
- augmentative of pelma; great bore
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “pelma”, 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
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “pelmazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “pelmazo”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms suffixed with -azo
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθo
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθo/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/aso
- Rhymes:Spanish/aso/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish augmentative nouns