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fuego

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin focus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfweɡo/
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: fue‧go

Noun

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fuego m

  1. fire

References

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  • fuego”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (fire), from Latin focus (hearth).

Noun

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fuego m (Latin spelling)

  1. fire

References

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  • Elli Kohen, Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 182
  • Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac (1995) Diccionario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos: Jaquetía tradicional y moderna, Caracas: Centro de Estudios Sefardíes de Caracas, →ISBN, page 283

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Late Latin focum, singular accusative of focus (fire), from Latin focus (hearth).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fuego m (plural fuegos)

  1. fire
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:
      [] en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampades
      [] the appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches

Descendants

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  • Ladino: fuego
  • Spanish: fuego

Spanish

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fuego

Alternative forms

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  • huego (rare, mostly obsolete)
  • fogo (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (fire), from Latin focus (hearth). The form huego, which began to be used around 1500, was mostly replaced by the form starting with -f-.[1] Compare Portuguese fogo. Cognate with English fuel. Compare also English focus. Doublet of foco, which is a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfweɡo/ [ˈfwe.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: fue‧go
  • IPA(key): [ˈɸweɣo], [ˈhweɣo] (nonstandard)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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fuego m (plural fuegos)

  1. fire
    Synonym: incendio

Derived terms

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Interjection

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¡fuego!

  1. (military) fire! (cry to order soldiers to start shooting)

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fuego”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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