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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin palumbum, accusative of palumbus, alternative form of palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
palomo m (plural palomos)
- dove, pigeon
- c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2.
[…] de pues enbio el palomo ⁊ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua cõ ſus fojas uerdes en su boca- and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish palomo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo- (“dark-colored, gray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈlomo/
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: pa‧lo‧mo
Noun
palomo m (plural palomos, feminine paloma, feminine plural palomas)
- male dove, male pigeon, cock pigeon
- (vulgar, Dominican Republic, slang) coward, punk
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