Adjective
enfermo (feminine enferma, masculine plural enfermos, feminine plural enfermas)
- sick, ill, diseased
- Synonyms: doente, mal
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo- the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has the ears cold and the eyes hollow, is badly ill
1895, A. López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval, page 170:a situación tristísima e máis que lamentábel da súa nai, enferma, sin recursos e, para maor desgracia, de xenio tan atufado, enrenico e mal cabido, que naide se ladaba con ela- the very sad and lamentable position of her mother, sick, resourceless and, adding insult to injury, having such a haughty, rude and misfit temper, that none got along with her
Noun
enfermo m (plural enfermos, feminine enferma, feminine plural enfermas)
- sick person
- Synonym: doente
- (in the plural) sick
1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:Ali da soude aos enfermos et alumea os çegos- There He gives health to the sick and lights the blind
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enfermo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfermo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enfermo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enfermo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enfermo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfeʁ.mu/ [ẽˈfeɦ.mu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfeʁ.mu/ [ĩˈfeɦ.mu]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfeʁ.mu/ [ẽˈfeɦ.mu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfeʁ.mu/ [ĩˈfeɦ.mu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfeɾ.mu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfeɾ.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfeʁ.mu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfeʁ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfeɻ.mo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfeɻ.mo/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈfeɾmo/ [ẽɱˈfeɾ.mo]
- Rhymes: -eɾmo
- Syllabification: en‧fer‧mo