limosna

Inherited from Old Spanish almosna, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”) (compare French aumône, Italian elemosina, Portuguese esmola), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “pity, mercy”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “pitiful, merciful”). Cognate with English alms.

• IPA^(key): /liˈmosna/ [liˈmoz.na]

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• Rhymes: -osna
• Syllabification: li‧mos‧na

limosna f (plural limosnas)

1. alms
2. charity; charitable donation

   Synonym: caridad

• → Catalan: limosna
• → Ilocano: limus
• → Masbatenyo: limos
• → Papiamentu: limosna
• → Tagalog: limos

• “limosna”, 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