enfermaría

See also: enfermaria

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enfermaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from enfermo (sick) +‎ -aría, Medieval Latin infirmaria (hospital).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eɱfeɾmaˈɾiɐ]

Noun

enfermaría f (plural enfermarías)

  1. (dated) infirmary, sickhouse, hospital
    • 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:
      It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa [...] que seja ena enfermaria para os frayres doentes
      Item, I bequeath to this monastery of Saint Francis a bed of clothes [list of items] that must be in the infirmary for the use of ill friars
  2. infirmary (clinic or dispensary within another institution)
  3. nursing (profession of caring for patients as a nurse)

Verb

enfermaría

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar

References

Spanish

Verb

enfermaría

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar