pelmazo

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Spanish

Etymology

From pelma +‎ -azo (possibly a pre-literary early Romance formation); alternatively, pelmazo was the original term from which pelma was a shortening.[1] The term probably derives from Latin pegma, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῆγμα (pêgma). It is also possible to see pelmazo as deriving from the Greek derivative πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion) (through a Vulgar Latin intermediate).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pelˈmaθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pelˈmaso/
  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: pel‧ma‧zo

Noun

pelmazo m (plural pelmazos)

  1. Augmentative of pelma; great bore

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pelma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “pelmazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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