English edit

Etymology edit

From Baja California, meaning incense.

Noun edit

incienso (uncountable)

  1. A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned.

References edit

  • The King's Highway in Baja California, By Harry Crosby and Diana Lindsay, Baja California (Mexico) Copley Books: 1974, →ISBN

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /inˈθjenso/ [ĩn̟ˈθjẽn.so]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /inˈsjenso/ [ĩnˈsjẽn.so]
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: in‧cien‧so

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Spanish encienso, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin incēnsum (incense), from Latin incēnsus (inflamed, fiery), from incendō (to set on fire, burn, kindle). Compare with Old Spanish encensar (to cense) and enceso (inflamed, kindled) (from encender), which was inherited.[1]

Noun edit

incienso m (plural inciensos)

  1. incense
  2. Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the Fabaceae family
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

incienso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incensar

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