tremedal

Borrowed from Spanish tremedal; ultimately a derivation of Latin tremō (“to tremble, to quake”). See the Spanish term for more information.

tremedal m (plural tremedais)

1. wetland, marsh, swamp

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Inherited from Old Spanish tremendal, from Latin tremendus (“to be trembled at”) + -ālis, from tremō (“to tremble, to quake”). Later form influenced by e.g. robledal (“oak grove”), from Latin rōborētum (“oak grove”) + -ālis.

• IPA^(key): /tɾemeˈdal/ [t̪ɾe.meˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tre‧me‧dal

tremedal m (plural tremedales)

1. quag, quagmire

   Synonyms: pantano, ciénaga

• “tremedal”, 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