enemigo

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin inimīcum, singular accusative of inimīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eneˈmiɡo/
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: e‧ne‧mi‧go

Noun

enemigo m (plural enemigos)

1. enemy

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “enemigo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Adjective

enemigo

1. neuter of enemigu

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish enemigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeneˈmiɡo/ [ʔe.n̪eˈmi.ɡo]
• Hyphenation: e‧ne‧mi‧go

Noun

enemígo (Basahan spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜋᜒᜄᜓ)

1. (uncommon) enemy

   Synonyms: kaiwal, kalaban

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish enemigo (“fiend”), from Latin inimīcus, from in- & amīcus (“friend”).

Noun

enemigo m (Hebrew spelling אינימיגו, feminine enemiga)

1. foe; enemy

   Antonym: amigo

   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 9:

     Sus enemigos, sus bienes, le rovaron.
     De su bien si artaron i la espujaron ¹)
     I con croeldades su corason razgaron
     I eia no abandona sus tradisiones.
     Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones.

     Her foes stole her properties. They were satiated with her property, [then] they engaged her, and they cruelly ripped her heart, [yet] she abandoned not her traditions. End the year and its curses.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• henemigo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin inimīcus, from in- & amīcus (“friend”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese ẽemigo and Old French enemi.

Noun

enemigo m (plural enemigos)

1. fiend; foe; enemy (adversary)
2. devil (fiend)

Descendants

• Ladino: enemigo, אינימיגו
• Spanish: enemigo
  • Bikol Central: enemigo

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “enemigo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 214

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish enemigo (“fiend”), from Latin inimīcus, from amīcus (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eneˈmiɡo/ [e.neˈmi.ɣ̞o]

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• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: e‧ne‧mi‧go

Adjective

enemigo (feminine enemiga, masculine plural enemigos, feminine plural enemigas)

1. adverse; hostile

   Synonyms: adverso, contrario, hostil

   Antonym: amistoso

Noun

enemigo m (plural enemigos, feminine enemiga, feminine plural enemigas)

1. foe; enemy

   Antonym: amigo

   Los enemigos de nuestros enemigos son nuestros amigos.

   The enemies of our enemies are our friends.

Derived terms

• a enemigo que huye, puente de plata
• archienemigo

Related terms

• enemistad
• enemistar

Further reading

• “enemigo”, 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