remedio

See also: remédio and remedió

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈmedjo/ [reˈme.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -edjo
• Syllabification: re‧me‧dio

Verb

remedio

1. first-person singular present indicative of remediar

Galician

Alternative forms

• remédio (reintegrationist)
• romedio

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. Learned borrowing from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + medeor (“to heal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈmɛdjo/ [reˈmɛ.ð̞jʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdjo
• Hyphenation: re‧me‧dio

Noun

remedio m (plural remedios)

1. remedy, solution
   • 1326, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 398:

     Sabeam todos, que por quanto a nos dom frey Beringel da Ordem dos Preegadores por la gracia de Deus arcibispo de Santiago, Capellan mayor del Rey et Chanceller e notario mayor do Reyno de Leon, por grandes querelas e por gran chamor pervereo que se fazian ennas friigyesías do noso arcibispado, grandes deguysados, iniurias et exeessoes per aquelles que tirauan et leuauan as penas das friigesias, que non tomaban os lobos ou a camada delles leuando mays que deuian et agraueando as gentes en como non deuian; por ende nos querendo y poer Remedio, ordinamos et mandamos que enna friigesía que ouuer XV friigeses ou mays poucos, se non tomaren lobo ou loba ou camada delles, ou non correren cada domaa con elles sen enganno segundo que e de custume des o primeyro sabado de quaresma ata dia de Sam Joham de Juyo, ou non fezeren o ffogio, que pagen X mrs.

     Everyone must know, that since to us, lord friar Berenger de Landore, of the Order of the Preachers, by the grace of God archibishop of Santiago, master chaplain of the king and chancellor and master notary of the Kingdom of Leon, because of the great complaints and great outcry that they did in the parishes of our archbishopric, because of the large crimes, slanders and excesses by those who took and carried the fines of the parishes that did not took the wolves or their litters, taking more than what they ought to, and harming the people as they should not; hence, we, wanting to put a solution to this, order and command that in every parish where there are 15 parishioners or less, if they didn't took a wolf or litter of them, or they didn't run them away each week, without trickery, as is the custom since the first Saturday of Lent till Saint John's day of June, or they didn't built a trap, they shall pay 10 maravedis.

2. remedy, cure

Related terms

• remediar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “remedio”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “remedio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “remedio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “remedio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “remedio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish remedio, English remedy, Italian rimedio and French remède.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈme.djo/, /reˈme.di.o/

Noun

remedio (plural remedii)

1. remedy, corrective, solution
2. medicine, remedy, cure

Derived terms

• remediacho
• remediar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈmɛ.di.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈmɛː.di.o]

Noun

remediō

1. dative/ablative singular of remedium

References

• “remedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remedio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

remedio

1. first-person singular present indicative of remediar

Etymology 2

Noun

remedio m (plural remedios)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈmedjo/ [reˈme.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -edjo
• Syllabification: re‧me‧dio

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Latin medeor

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin remediumlbor.

Spanish remedio

Learned borrowing from Latin remedium. Compare Portuguese remédio.

Noun

remedio m (plural remedios)

1. remedy, solution
2. medicine

   Synonyms: medicamento, medicina

3. amendment (alteration or change for the better)

   Synonyms: arreglo, mejora

Derived terms

• a grandes males, grandes remedios
• agua de remedio
• es peor el remedio que la enfermedad
• no haber remedio
• no tener más remedio que (“to have no choice but to”)
• no tener remedio
• qué remedio
• remedio casero
• sin remedio

Etymology 2

Verb

remedio

1. first-person singular present indicative of remediar

Further reading

• “remedio”, 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