fermoso
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese fremoso, fermoso, from Latin fōrmōsus.
Adjective
fermoso m (feminine singular fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
- beautiful
Related terms
- forma
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fōrmōsus, from fōrma (“form, figure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heɾˈmozo/
Adjective
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 nóbre 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.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r.
Descendants
- Ladino: ermozo
- Spanish: hermoso
Spanish
Adjective
fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
- Obsolete form of hermoso.
Further reading
- “fermoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014