santelmo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/ [sãn̪ˈt̪el.mo]
- Rhymes: -elmo
- Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo
Further reading
- “santelmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish santelmo, from fuego de San Telmo (“St. Elmo's fire”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: san‧tel‧mo
- IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/, [sɐnˈtel.mo]
Noun
santelmo
- 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: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
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