enfermaría

See also: enfermaria

Galician

Alternative forms

• enfermería

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enfermaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from enfermo (“sick”) +‎ -aría, Medieval Latin infirmaria (“hospital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eɱfeɾmaˈɾiɐ]

Noun

enfermaría f (plural enfermarías)

1. (dated) infirmary, sickhouse, hospital
   • 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:

     It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa [...] que seja ena enfermaria para os frayres doentes

     Item, I bequeath to this monastery of Saint Francis a bed of clothes [list of items] that must be in the infirmary for the use of ill friars

2. infirmary (clinic or dispensary within another institution)
3. nursing (profession of caring for patients as a nurse)

Related terms

• enfermo

Verb

enfermaría

1. first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar

References

• “enfermaria” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “enfermaria” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “enfermaría” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Verb

enfermaría

1. first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar