flema

Spanish

Alternative forms

• flegma (obsolete)

Etymology

From older flegma, borrowed from Late Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame, inflammation, phlegm”), from φλέγω (phlégō, “to set on fire, to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflema/ [ˈfle.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: fle‧ma

Noun

flema f (plural flemas)

1. phlegm

   Synonym: gargajo

Derived terms

• flemático
• flemoso

Descendants

• → Cebuano: plema
• → Tagalog: plema

Further reading

• “flema”, 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