santelmo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mo/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛl.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛɫ.mu]
- Hyphenation: san‧tel‧mo
Noun
santelmo m (plural santelmos)
- synonym of fogo de Santelmo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/ [sãn̪ˈt̪el.mo]
- Rhymes: -elmo
- Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo
Noun
santelmo m (plural santelmos)
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: fuego de San Telmo
Further reading
- “santelmo”, 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
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish santelmo, from fuego de San Telmo (“St. Elmo's fire”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/ [sɐn̪ˈt̪ɛl.mo]
- Rhymes: -elmo
- Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo
Noun
santelmo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜓ)
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: igneo
- (folklore) fireball or flame spirit, similar to the will o' the wisp, that stalks or chases people at night, and believed to be formed from the ignited blood of a person who tragically died
Further reading
- “santelmo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018