flema
Spanish
Alternative forms
- flegma (obsolete)
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflema/ [ˈfle.ma]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: fle‧ma
Noun
flema f (plural flemas)
- phlegm
Derived terms
- flemático
- flemoso
Further reading
- “flema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014