esmalte
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [esˈmaltɪ]
=== Noun ===
esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
enamel
enamel-work
1435, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 139:
==== Related terms ====
esmaltar
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esmalte”, 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), “esmalte”, 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), “esmalte”, 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), “esmalte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
Hyphenation: es‧mal‧te
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.
==== Noun ====
esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
(Brazil) nail polish, nail varnish
Synonym: (Portugal) verniz
enamel (covering on teeth)
glaze (coating on pottery)
===== Descendants =====
→ Tetum: ezmalte
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
esmalte
inflection of esmaltar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“esmalte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“esmalte”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“esmalte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“esmalte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esˈmalte/ [ezˈmal̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -alte
Syllabification: es‧mal‧te
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Spanish esmalte, likely from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.
==== Noun ====
esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
enamel
glaze (coating on pottery)
nail polish, nail varnish
Synonyms: pintaúñas, barniz, laca
(heraldry) tincture
Synonym: color
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Tagalog: esmalte
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
esmalte
inflection of esmaltar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“esmalte”, 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
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish esmalte.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔesˈmalte/ [ʔɛsˈmal.t̪ɛ]
Rhymes: -alte
Syllabification: es‧mal‧te
=== Noun ===
esmalte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)
enamel