aliento

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈljento/ [aˈljẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: a‧lien‧to

Etymology 1

Probably a deverbal from alentar. The diphthong /je/ complicates a direct inheritance from Latin anhēlitus.[1]

Noun

aliento m (plural alientos)

  1. breath
    ¿Cómo huele mi aliento? — A una selva profunda y primordial.
    How does my breath smell? — Like a deep, primordial jungle.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aliento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alentar (“to encourage, to cheer up”)

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “alentar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 142

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