ungüento

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See also: unguento and unguentò

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enguento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin unguentum (ointment), from unguō (I smear with ointment), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (to salve, anoint).

Pronunciation

Noun

ungüento m (plural ungüentos)

  1. ointment
    • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
      Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se tome espeso como jngento
      for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till it becomes thick as an ointment

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Portuguese

Noun

ungüento m (plural ungüentos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1990/Portugal 1945) of unguento.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin unguentum (ointment), from unguō (to smear with ointment), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (to salve, anoint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈɡwento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: un‧güen‧to

Noun

ungüento m (plural ungüentos)

  1. unguent
  2. ointment, salve
    Synonym: pomada

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