paloma

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish paloma (“dove”).

Noun

paloma (plural palomas)

  1. A cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit soda.
    • 2020, Yoav Landau, Sam Haft (lyrics and music), “Drunk”, in zero_one, performed by The Living Tombstone:
      Martini, Bellini, Negroni, Baileys, Kahlúa, sambuca
      Soju, paloma, mojito, gimlet, Frangelico, Guinness
      Tequila, Manhattan, a margarita, old-fashioned
      Dry vermouth and something I can't taste 'cause I'm so trashed

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

paloma f (plural palomes)

  1. a parasol mushroom, especially the highly edible Macrolepiota procera
    Synonyms: apagallums, cogomella, coloma, maneta
  2. (dialectal) butterfly
    Synonym: papallona
  3. (dialectal, archaic) dove, pigeon
    Synonym: colom

Derived terms

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish paloma (“dove”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈloma/,
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lo‧ma

Noun

paloma

  1. dove

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paloma (“dove”).

Noun

paloma

  1. bird

References

  • Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 131

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish paloma, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈloma/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Syllabification: pa‧lo‧ma

Noun

paloma f (plural palomas, masculine palomo, masculine plural palomos)

  1. dove, pigeon
  2. (Central America, Venezuela) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Adjective

paloma m or f (masculine and feminine plural paloma or palomas)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) difficult, complicated
    La última pregunta del examen estaba bien paloma.
    The last question of the test was really hard.
  2. (colloquial, El Salvador, of a person) skillful, smart, deft
    Nunca he conocido a una persona tan paloma como ella.
    I've never met a person as skillful as her.

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