enfermo

See also: enfermó

Asturian

Adjective

enfermo

  1. neuter of enfermu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese enfermo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īnfirmus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eɱˈfeɾmʊ]

Adjective

enfermo m (feminine singular enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)

  1. sick, ill, diseased
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:
      Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo
      the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has the ears cold and the eyes hollow, is badly ill
    Synonyms: doente, mal

Noun

enfermo m (plural enfermos, feminine enferma, feminine plural enfermas)

  1. sick person
    Synonym: doente
  2. (in the plural) sick
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:
      Ali da soude aos enfermos et alumea os çegos
      There He gives health to the sick and lights the blind

Verb

enfermo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enfermar

References

  • enfermo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • enfermo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • enfermo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • enfermo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • enfermo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese enfermo, from Latin īnfirmus (sick, feeble), from in- + firmus (firm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (holding).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

enfermo (feminine enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)

  1. (of a person) sick, ill
    Synonyms: doente, adoecido, mal

Derived terms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈfeɾmo/ [ẽɱˈfeɾ.mo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾmo
  • Syllabification: en‧fer‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin īnfirmus (weak, feeble), from īn- + firmus (strong).

Adjective

enfermo (feminine enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)

  1. sick, ill
Derived terms

Verb

enfermo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enfermar

Further reading

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