flema
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Etymology edit
From older flegma, borrowed from Late Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame, inflammation, phlegm”), from φλέγω (phlégō, “to set on fire, to burn”).
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flema f (plural flemas)
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Further reading edit
- “flema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014