incienso

English

Etymology

From Baja California, meaning incense.

Noun

incienso (uncountable)

1. A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned.

References

• The King's Highway in Baja California, By Harry Crosby and Diana Lindsay, Baja California (Mexico) Copley Books: 1974, →ISBN

Anagrams

• coniines, oscinine

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inˈθjenso/ [ĩn̟ˈθjẽn.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /inˈsjenso/ [ĩnˈsjẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: in‧cien‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish encienso, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin incēnsum (“incense”), from Latin incēnsus (“inflamed, fiery”), from incendō (“to set on fire, burn, kindle”). Compare with Old Spanish encensar (“to cense”) and enceso (“inflamed, kindled”) (from encender), which was inherited directly from Latin.

Noun

incienso m (plural inciensos)

1. incense
2. Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the Fabaceae family

Derived terms

• incensar (verb)
• incensario m

 

Related terms

• encender
• incendio

 

Etymology 2

Verb

incienso

1. first-person singular present indicative of incensar

Further reading

• “incienso”, 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