comino

See also: Comino

Portuguese

Verb

comino

first-person singular present indicative of cominar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμῑνον (kúmīnon), ultimately from Semitic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈmino/ [koˈmi.no]
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: co‧mi‧no

Noun

comino m (plural cominos)

cumin (plant, spice)

Derived terms

importar un comino (“to not give a hoot, to not give two hoots, to not give a rat's ass”)
ni un comino (“not a hoot”)

Further reading

“comino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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