aliento
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably a deverbal from alentar. The diphthong /je/ complicates a direct inheritance from Latin anhēlitus.[1]
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.
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
aliento
- first-person singular present indicative of alentar (“to encourage, to cheer up”)
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “alentar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 142
Further reading
- “aliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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