ungüento

See also: unguento and unguentò

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enguento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin unguentum (ointment), from unguō (I smear with ointment), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (to salve, anoint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uŋˈɡwɛntʊ]

Noun

ungüento m (plural ungüentos)

  1. ointment
    • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
      Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se tome espeso como jngento
      for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till it becomes thick as an ointment

References

Portuguese

Noun

ungüento m (plural ungüentos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of unguento; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin unguentum (ointment), from unguō (to smear with ointment), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (to salve, anoint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈɡwento/ [ũŋˈɡwẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: un‧güen‧to

Noun

ungüento m (plural ungüentos)

  1. unguent
  2. ointment, salve
    Synonym: pomada

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