álamo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain origin. All of the proposed origins have to explain the semantic shifts: Possibly from Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍃 (*alms), related to Old Norse almr (“elm”), from Proto-Germanic *elmaz; From Latin albus (“poplar”), contaminated by ulmus (“elm”); From an unknown pre-Roman substrate word; === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: á‧la‧mo === Noun === álamo m (plural álamos) poplar (any of the trees in the genus Populus) Synonym: choupo ==== Related terms ==== alameda alamedado alamedar === Further reading === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “álamo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos “álamo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “álamo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain origin. Compare Portuguese álamo (see there for proposed origins). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalamo/ [ˈa.la.mo] Rhymes: -alamo Syllabification: á‧la‧mo === Noun === álamo m (plural álamos) white poplar (tree and wood) Synonym: álamo blanco Coordinate term: chopo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “álamo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos “álamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025