sarampión

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sirimpiōnem (“a kind of skin rash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾamˈpjon/ [sa.ɾãmˈpjõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sa‧ram‧pión

Noun

sarampión m (countable and uncountable, plural sarampiones)

1. measles
   • 1799, Joseph Quarin, “Del sarampión”, in Antonio Lavedán, transl., Prontuario de medicina clínica ó práctica‎^[1], Madrid, page 88:

     Los sarampiones atacan á los hombres en toda edad; pero mas freqüentemente en la tierna.

     Measles attack men at any age, but more frequently at a young one.

   • 2026 February 1, Daniela Guazo, “Un contagio por hora: la epidemia de sarampión que México no pudo frenar [One infection per hour: the measles epidemic that Mexico couldn't stop]”, in El Universal (Mexico)‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 February 2026:

     El sarampión es una de las enfermedades más contagiosas en el mundo y puede llegar a causar complicaciones graves como encefalitis, ceguera, sordera e incluso la muerte en uno de cada mil niños.

     Measles is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and it may lead to severe complications such as encephalitis, blindness, deafness and even death in one in a thousand children.

Descendants

• → Portuguese: sarampão
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: charampeyu

Further reading

• “sarampión”, 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