aliento
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈljento/ [aˈljẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧lien‧to
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *alēntus, syncopated form of *alēnitus, contracted and following metathesis from Latin anhēlitus (“panting, exhalation”), from anhēlō (“to breathe with difficulty”).
Noun
aliento m (plural alientos)
- breath
- ¿Cómo huele mi aliento? — A una selva profunda y primordial.
- How does my breath smell? — Like a deep, primordial jungle.
Related terms
- alentar
- desaliento
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
aliento
- first-person singular present indicative of alentar
Further reading
- “aliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014