pelmazo

Spanish

Etymology

From pelma +‎ -azo (possibly a pre-literary early Romance formation); alternatively, pelmazo was the original term from which pelma was a shortening.[1] The term probably derives from Latin pegma, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῆγμα (pêgma). It is also possible to see pelmazo as deriving from the Greek derivative πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion) (through a Vulgar Latin intermediate).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pelˈmaθo/ [pelˈma.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /pelˈmaso/ [pelˈma.so]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: pel‧ma‧zo

Noun

pelmazo m (plural pelmazos)

  1. Augmentative of pelma; great bore

Derived terms

References
  1. “pelma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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