enjalma
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈxalma/ [ẽŋˈxal.ma]
- Rhymes: -alma
- Syllabification: en‧jal‧ma
Etymology 1
- From Mozarabic *iššalma, from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).
- Alternatively deverbal from enjalmar from jalma since **jalmar does not exist.
Alternative forms
Noun
enjalma f (plural enjalmas)
Derived terms
- desenjalmar (“to put the saddlecloth off”)
- enjalmar (“to put the saddlecloth on”)
- enjalmero (“saddlecloth maker or seller”)
Etymology 2
Verb
enjalma
- inflection of enjalmar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “enjalma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024