espasmo
Catalan
Verb
espasmo
- first-person singular present indicative of espasmar
Galician
Etymology
From Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).
Noun
espasmo m (plural espasmos)
Further reading
- “espasmo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpaz.mu/, /esˈpaz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpaʒ.mu/, /eʃˈpaʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpaz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈpaʒ.mu/
- Hyphenation: es‧pas‧mo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).
Noun
espasmo m (plural espasmos)
Further reading
- “espasmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Etymology 2
Verb
espasmo
- first-person singular present indicative of espasmar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpasmo/ [esˈpaz.mo]
- Rhymes: -asmo
- Syllabification: es‧pas‧mo
Noun
espasmo m (plural espasmos)
- spasm, jerk, twitch
- Synonyms: convulsión, tic
Related terms
Further reading
- “espasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024