pelmazo

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From pelma +‎ -azo (possibly a pre-literary early Romance formation); alternatively, pelmazo was the original term from which pelma was a shortening.^[1] The term probably derives from Latin pegma, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῆγμα (pêgma). It is also possible to see pelmazo as deriving from the Greek derivative πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion) (through a Vulgar Latin intermediate).^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Spain) /pelˈmaθo/ [pelˈma.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pelˈmaso/ [pelˈma.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: pel‧ma‧zo

Noun edit

pelmazo m (plural pelmazos)

Augmentative of pelma; great bore

Derived terms edit

apelmazar

References edit

^ “pelma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos