fermoso
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso, from Latin fōrmōsus.
Adjective edit
fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
Related terms edit
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fōrmōsus, from fōrma (“form, figure”) + -osus (“-ose: full of”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fermoso (feminine singular fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
- beautiful
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:
- Laban auie .ij. fijas la maẏor auie nõbre lẏa. e la menor rachel. E lẏa. auie los oios muelles. e rachel era muẏ fermoſa. e eſta amo iacob.
- Laban had two daughters. The older had the name Leah, and the younger Rachel. And Leah had weak eyes, and Rachel was very beautiful, and it was her whom Jacob loved.
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
Further reading edit
- “fermoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014