sarampión

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sirimpiōnem (a kind of skin rash).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɾamˈpjon/
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  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: sa‧ram‧pión

Noun

sarampión m (countable and uncountable, plural sarampiones)

  1. measles
    • 1799, Joseph Quarin, “Del sarampión”, in Antonio Lavedán, transl., Prontuario de medicina clínica ó práctica, Madrid, page 88:
      Los sarampiones atacan á los hombres en toda edad; pero mas freqüentemente en la tierna.
      Measles attack men at any age, but more frequently at a young one.

Descendants

  • Portuguese: sarampão
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: charampeyu

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