fermoso

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso, from Latin fōrmōsus.

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈmoso/ [feɾˈmo.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: fer‧mo‧so

fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, guapo

• “fermoso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Latin fōrmōsus, from fōrma (“form, figure”) + -osus (“-ose: full of”).

• IPA^(key): /heɾˈmozo/

fermoso (feminine singular fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. beautiful
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:

     Laban auie .ij. fijas la maẏor auie nõbre lẏa. e la menor rachel. E lẏa. auie los oios muelles. e rachel era muẏ fermoſa. e eſta amo iacob.

     Laban had two daughters. The older had the name Leah, and the younger Rachel. And Leah had weak eyes, and Rachel was very beautiful, and it was her whom Jacob loved.

• Ladino: ermozo
• Spanish: hermoso

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈmoso/ [feɾˈmo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fer‧mo‧so

fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. obsolete form of hermoso

• “fermoso”, 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