espasmo

Catalan

Verb

espasmo

first-person singular present indicative of espasmar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).

Noun

espasmo m (plural espasmos)

spasm

Further reading

“espasmo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpaz.mu/, /esˈpaz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpaʒ.mu/, /eʃˈpaʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpaz.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpaʒ.mu/

Hyphenation: es‧pas‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).

Noun

espasmo m (plural espasmos)

spasm

Further reading

“espasmo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Verb

espasmo

first-person singular present indicative of espasmar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈpasmo/ [esˈpaz.mo]
Rhymes: -asmo
Syllabification: es‧pas‧mo

Noun

espasmo m (plural espasmos)

spasm, jerk, twitch
Synonyms: convulsión, tic

Related terms

Further reading

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

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