fermoso

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso, from Latin fōrmōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈmoso/ [feɾˈmo.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: fer‧mo‧so

Adjective

fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, guapo

Related terms

• forma

 

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fōrmōsus, from fōrma (“form, figure”) + -osus (“-ose: full of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɾˈmozo/

Adjective

fermoso (feminine singular fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. beautiful
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:

     Laban auie .ij. fijas la maẏor auie nõbre 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.

Descendants

• Ladino: ermozo
• Spanish: hermoso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈmoso/ [feɾˈmo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fer‧mo‧so

Adjective

fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. Obsolete form of hermoso.

Further reading

• “fermoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28