bálsamo

See also: balsamo and Bálsamo

Galician

Alternative forms

  • basmo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese balsamo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbalsɐmʊ]

Noun

bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)

  1. balsam (resin)
  2. balsam (plant)
  3. balsam (ointment)
    Synonyms: pomada, ungüento
    • 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:
      Sabede que ẽno mũdo nõ ha jnçenso nẽ frol nẽ balsamo nẽ outra cousa que tã bõo olor aja cõmo esta pẽna.
      You must know that in the world there is no incense, flower, balsam, nor another thing that has such a good smell as this pelt

Derived terms

References

  • balsamo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • basmo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • balsam” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • bálsamo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • bálsamo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • bálsamo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.sa.mu/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa.mu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.sa.mo/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa.mo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbal.sɐ.mu/ [ˈbaɫ.sɐ.mu]

  • Hyphenation: bál‧sa‧mo

Noun

bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)

  1. balsam (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balsamum,[1] from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, balsam-bearing tree, plant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalsamo/ [ˈbal.sa.mo]
  • Rhymes: -alsamo
  • Syllabification: bál‧sa‧mo

Noun

bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)

  1. balsam
  2. balsam (tree or shrub)
  3. hair conditioner
    Synonym: acondicionador

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Highland Popoluca: balsamo

References

Further reading

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