lumbago

== English == === Etymology === The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loins”)) + -āgō (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants). The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlʌmˈbeɪˌɡoʊ/, /ˌləm-/ Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ Hyphenation: lum‧ba‧go === Noun === lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos) (pathology, also attributively) (uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc. Synonyms: low back pain, (abbreviation) LBP (countable) An episode of such backache. ==== Related terms ==== lumbaginous ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Thesaurus:pain === Verb === lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed) (transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === low back pain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [lumˈba.ɣu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [lumˈba.ɣo] === Noun === lumbago m (plural lumbagos) (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back) === Further reading === “lumbago”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == French == === Alternative forms === lombago === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lœ̃.ba.ɡo/ === Noun === lumbago m (plural lumbagos) (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back) === Further reading === “lumbago”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin lumbāgō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lumˈba.ɡɔ/ Rhymes: -aɡɔ Syllabification: lum‧ba‧go === Noun === lumbago n (indeclinable) (pathology) low back pain, lumbago Synonyms: heksenszus, postrzał === References === === Further reading === “lumbago”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “lumbago”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: lum‧ba‧go === Noun === lumbago m (plural lumbagos) (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back) === Further reading === “lumbago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “lumbago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French lumbago, from Latin lumbago. === Noun === lumbago n (uncountable) lumbago ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin lumbāgō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lumˈbaɡo/ [lũmˈba.ɣ̞o] Rhymes: -aɡo Syllabification: lum‧ba‧go === Noun === lumbago m (plural lumbagos) (pathology) lumbago Synonym: lumbalgia === Further reading === “lumbago”, 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