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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin inimīcum, singular accusative of inimīcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eneˈmiɡo/
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: e‧ne‧mi‧go
Noun
enemigo m (plural enemigos)
- enemy
References
Asturian
Adjective
enemigo
- neuter of enemigu
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish enemigo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeneˈmiɡo/
- Hyphenation: e‧ne‧mi‧go
Noun
enemígo (Basahan spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜋᜒᜄᜓ)
- (uncommon) enemy
- Synonyms: kaiwal, kalaban
Ladino
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish enemigo (“fiend”), from Latin inimīcus, from in- & amīcus (“friend”).
Noun
enemigo m (Hebrew spelling אינימיגו, feminine enemiga)[1]
- foe; enemy
- Antonym: amigo
1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 9:Sus enemigos, sus bienes, le rovaron.
De su bien si artaron i la espujaron ¹)
I con croeldades su corason razgaron
I eia no abandona sus tradisiones.
Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones.- Her foes stole her properties. They were satiated with her property, they engaged her, and they cruelly ripped her heart, she abandoned not her traditions. End the year and its curses.
References
- ^ “enemigo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin inimīcus, from in- & amīcus (“friend”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese ẽemigo and Old French enemi.
Noun
enemigo m (plural enemigos)
- fiend; foe; enemy (adversary)
- devil (fiend)
Descendants
References
- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “enemigo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 214
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish enemigo (“fiend”), from Latin inimīcus, from amīcus (“friend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eneˈmiɡo/
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: e‧ne‧mi‧go
Adjective
enemigo (feminine enemiga, masculine plural enemigos, feminine plural enemigas)
- adverse; hostile
- Synonyms: adverso, contrario, hostil
- Antonym: amistoso
Noun
enemigo m (plural enemigos, feminine enemiga, feminine plural enemigas)
- foe; enemy
- Antonym: amigo
Los enemigos de nuestros enemigos son nuestros amigos.- The enemies of our enemies are our friends.
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