tremo

See also: tremò

Esperanto

Etymology

Substantive form of tremi. Probably from Latin tremor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtremo]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Hyphenation: tre‧mo

Noun

tremo (accusative singular tremon, plural tremoj, accusative plural tremojn)

1. shiver, tremor

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tremulus (“quivering”). Doublet of trémbora and trémulo. Compare Spanish tiemblo (“tremor”).

Alternative forms

• trémaro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾemo̝/

Noun

tremo m (plural tremos)

1. quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)

   Synonyms: tremedal, tremedeira, tremedoiro, tremesiña

2. tremor
3. marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)

   Synonym: estruga

Adjective

tremo (feminine trema, masculine plural tremos, feminine plural tremas)

1. shaking, unsteady
2. tremulous, trembling

Derived terms

• álamo tremo

Related terms

• trémaro
• tremedal
• tremedoiro
• tremer
• tremesía
• tremesiña
• tremido
• tremiñado

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trem”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tremo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tremo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tremo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trémaro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

tremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremar
2. first-person singular present indicative of tremer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: trè‧mo

Verb

tremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremare

Anagrams

• -metro, merto, metro, metro-, metrò, morte, termo-, torme

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tremō, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtre.moː/, [ˈt̪rɛmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtre.mo/, [ˈt̪rɛːmo]

Verb

tremō (present infinitive tremere, perfect active tremuī, supine tremitum); third conjugation

1. to tremble, shake, shudder at

Conjugation

Conjugation of tremō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tremō	tremis	tremit	tremimus	tremitis	tremunt
	imperfect	tremēbam	tremēbās	tremēbat	tremēbāmus	tremēbātis	tremēbant
	future	tremam	tremēs	tremet	tremēmus	tremētis	trement
	perfect	tremuī	tremuistī	tremuit	tremuimus	tremuistis	tremuērunt, tremuēre
	pluperfect	tremueram	tremuerās	tremuerat	tremuerāmus	tremuerātis	tremuerant
	future perfect	tremuerō	tremueris	tremuerit	tremuerimus	tremueritis	tremuerint
passive	present	tremor	tremeris, tremere	tremitur	tremimur	tremiminī	tremuntur
	imperfect	tremēbar	tremēbāris, tremēbāre	tremēbātur	tremēbāmur	tremēbāminī	tremēbantur
	future	tremar	tremēris, tremēre	tremētur	tremēmur	tremēminī	trementur
	perfect	tremitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tremitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tremitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tremam	tremās	tremat	tremāmus	tremātis	tremant
	imperfect	tremerem	tremerēs	tremeret	tremerēmus	tremerētis	tremerent
	perfect	tremuerim	tremuerīs	tremuerit	tremuerīmus	tremuerītis	tremuerint
	pluperfect	tremuissem	tremuissēs	tremuisset	tremuissēmus	tremuissētis	tremuissent
passive	present	tremar	tremāris, tremāre	tremātur	tremāmur	tremāminī	tremantur
	imperfect	tremerer	tremerēris, tremerēre	tremerētur	tremerēmur	tremerēminī	tremerentur
	perfect	tremitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tremitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	treme	—	—	tremite	—
	future	—	tremitō	tremitō	—	tremitōte	tremuntō
passive	present	—	tremere	—	—	tremiminī	—
	future	—	tremitor	tremitor	—	—	tremuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tremere	tremuisse	tremitūrum esse	tremī	tremitum esse	tremitum īrī
participles		tremēns	—	tremitūrus	—	tremitus	tremendus, tremundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tremendī	tremendō	tremendum	tremendō	tremitum	tremitū

Synonyms

• horreō; horrēscō (inchoative)
• inhorreō; inhorrēscō (inchoative)

Derived terms

• tremēscō (inchoative)
• tremor
• tremulō (verb)
• tremulus (noun)

Descendants

• Galician: tremer
• Portuguese: tremer
• Spanish: tremer
• Vulgar Latin: *cremere (see there for further descendants)

Reflexes of an assumed variant *tremāre:

• Friulian: trimâ
• Italian: tremare
• Sicilian: trimari
• Venetan: tremar

References

• “tremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French trumeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.mɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛmɔ
• Syllabification: tre‧mo

Noun

tremo n

1. pier glass

Declension

Declension of tremo

	singular	plural
nominative	tremo	trema
genitive	trema	trem
dative	tremu	tremom
accusative	tremo	trema
instrumental	tremem	tremami
locative	tremie	tremach
vocative	tremo	trema

Further reading

• tremo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

tremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremer
2. first-person singular present indicative of tremar

Spanish

Verb

tremo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremer