bálsamo
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== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
basmo
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese balsamo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbalsɐmʊ]
=== Noun ===
bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
balsam (resin)
balsam (plant)
balsam (ointment)
Synonyms: pomada, ungüento
1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:
==== Derived terms ====
balsámico
embalsamar
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “balsamo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “basmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “balsam”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bálsamo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bálsamo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bálsamo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: bál‧sa‧mo
=== Noun ===
bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
balsam (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
==== Related terms ====
embalsamar
=== Further reading ===
“bálsamo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bálsamo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam-bearing tree, plant”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbalsamo/ [ˈbal.sa.mo]
Rhymes: -alsamo
Syllabification: bál‧sa‧mo
=== Noun ===
bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
balsam
balsam (tree or shrub)
hair conditioner
Synonym: acondicionador
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Highland Popoluca: balsamo
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“bálsamo”, 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