fuego

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin focus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfweɡo/
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: fue‧go

Noun

fuego m

  1. fire

References

  • “fuego”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”).

Noun

fuego m (Latin spelling)

  1. fire

References

  • Kohen, Elli (2000) Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 182
  • Bendayán de Bendelac, Alegría (1995) Diciconario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos (Jaquetía tradicional y moderna), Caracas, page 283

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin focum, singular accusative of focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fuego m (plural fuegos)

  1. fire
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:
      […] en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampades
      the appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches

Descendants

  • Ladino: fuego
  • Spanish: fuego

Spanish

fuego

Alternative forms

  • huego (rare, mostly obsolete)
  • fogo (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). The form huego, which began to be used around 1500, was mostly replaced by the form starting with -f-. Compare Portuguese fogo. Cognate with English fuel. Compare also English focus. Doublet of foco, which is a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfweɡo/
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: fue‧go
  • (non-standard) IPA(key): ,
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fuego m (plural fuegos)

  1. fire
    Synonym: incendio

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

¡fuego!

  1. (military) fire! (cry to order soldiers to start shooting)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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