comino

See also: Comino

Portuguese

Verb

comino

1. 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)

1. 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10