aliento
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /aˈljento/ [aˈljẽn̪.t̪o]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧lien‧to
Etymology 1 edit
Probably a deverbal from alentar. The diphthong /je/ complicates a direct inheritance from Latin anhēlitus.[1]
Noun edit
aliento m (plural alientos)
- breath
- ¿Cómo huele mi aliento? — A una selva profunda y primordial.
- How does my breath smell? — Like a deep, primordial jungle.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
aliento
- first-person singular present indicative of alentar (“to encourage, to cheer up”)
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “alentar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 142
Further reading edit
- “aliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014