santelmo

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mo/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛl.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛɫ.mu]

  • Hyphenation: san‧tel‧mo

Noun

santelmo m (plural santelmos)

  1. Synonym of fogo de Santelmo

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/ [sãn̪ˈt̪el.mo]
  • Rhymes: -elmo
  • Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo

Noun

santelmo m (plural santelmos)

  1. St. Elmo's fire
    Synonym: fuego de San Telmo

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santelmo, from fuego de San Telmo (“St. Elmo's fire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sanˈtelmo/, [sɐnˈtɛl.mo]
  • Hyphenation: san‧tel‧mo

Noun

santelmo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜓ)

  1. St. Elmo's fire
    Synonym: igneo
  2. (folklore) fireball or flame spirit, similar to the will o' the wisp, that stalks or chases people at night, and believed to be formed from the ignited blood of a person who tragically died

Further reading
  • “santelmo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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