palomo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin palumbum, accusative of palumbus, alternative form of palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paˈlo.mo]

Noun

palomo m (plural palomos)

  1. dove, pigeon
    • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2.
      […] de pues enbio el palomo ¬ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua có ſus fojas uerdes en su boca
      […] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

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Descendants

Spanish

Noun

palomo m (plural palomos, feminine paloma, feminine plural palomas)

  1. male dove, male pigeon, cock pigeon
  2. (vulgar) (Dominican Republic, slang) coward, no-good
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