desmayo

See also: desmayó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /desˈmaʝo/ [d̪ezˈma.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /desˈmaʝo/ [d̪ezˈma.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desˈmaʃo/ [d̪ezˈma.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desˈmaʒo/ [d̪ezˈma.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: des‧ma‧yo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desmayar.

Noun

desmayo m (plural desmayos)

1. swoon, faint (act of fainting)

   Synonym: patatús

Etymology 2

Verb

desmayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of desmayar

Further reading

• “desmayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014