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Spanish
Etymology
Apheresis of apócima, from Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, “to extract by boiling”), from the root ζέω (zéō, “to boil, seethe”), q. v. Compare Portuguese apózema, English apozem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈpoθima/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈposima/
- Rhymes: -oθima
- Rhymes: -osima
- Syllabification: pó‧ci‧ma
Noun
pócima f (plural pócimas)
- potion (beverage with magical or medicinal powers)
- 2013, Stella Maris Vitali, Sarlia y las princesas de la Torre Verzath, Editorial Dunken (publ.), page 18.
Trepada a su escoba nuevamente, Sarlia tenía que entregar dos pócimas iguales, especialidades de la casa, aquéllas que sanan las heridas que deja en el corazón un viejo amor.- Having climbed back on her broom, Sarlia had to deliver two identical potions, specialties of the house, the ones that heal the wounds that an old love leaves on the heart.
- Synonyms: poción, jarabe
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