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

Noun

pelmazo m (plural pelmazos)

  1. augmentative of pelma; great bore

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “pelma”, 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
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pelmazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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