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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
santelmo m (plural santelmos)
- Synonym of fogo de Santelmo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/
- Rhymes: -elmo
- Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo
Noun
santelmo m (plural santelmos)
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: fuego de San Telmo
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish santelmo, from fuego de San Telmo (“St. Elmo's fire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
santelmo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜓ)
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: igneo
- (folklore) fireball or flame spirit, similar to the will o' the wisp, that stalks or chases people at night, and believed to be formed from the ignited blood of a person who tragically died
Further reading
- “santelmo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018