paloma

See also: Paloma

English

Etymology

From Spanish paloma (“dove”).

Noun

paloma (plural palomas)

1. A cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit soda.
   • 2020, Yoav Landau, Sam Haft (lyrics and music), “Drunk”, in zero_one, performed by The Living Tombstone:

     Martini, Bellini, Negroni, Baileys, Kahlúa, sambuca
     Soju, paloma, mojito, gimlet, Frangelico, Guinness
     Tequila, Manhattan, a margarita, old-fashioned
     Dry vermouth and something I can't taste 'cause I'm so trashed

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈlo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈlo.ma]

Noun

paloma f (plural palomes)

1. a parasol mushroom, especially the highly edible Macrolepiota procera

   Synonyms: apagallums, cogomella, coloma, maneta

2. (dialectal) butterfly

   Synonym: papallona

3. (dialectal, archaic) dove, pigeon

   Synonym: colom

Derived terms

• paloma blanca
• palometa
• palomí

Related terms

• palomino

Further reading

• “paloma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “paloma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish paloma (“dove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈloma/, [paˈlo.ma]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo‧ma

Noun

paloma

1. dove

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paloma (“dove”).

Noun

paloma

1. bird

References

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 131

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish paloma, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈloma/ [paˈlo.ma]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: pa‧lo‧ma

Noun

paloma f (plural palomas, masculine palomo, masculine plural palomos)

1. dove, pigeon
2. (Central America, Venezuela) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Hyponyms

• (dove, pigeon): pichón

Derived terms

• paloma mensajera
• paloma torcaz
• paloma zurita
• palomar
• palomino
• palomita

Adjective

paloma m or f (masculine and feminine plural paloma or palomas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) difficult, complicated

   La última pregunta del examen estaba bien paloma.

   The last question of the test was really hard.

2. (colloquial, El Salvador, of a person) skillful, smart, deft

   Nunca he conocido a una persona tan paloma como ella.

   I've never met a person as skillful as her.

Further reading

• “palomo”, 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
• “ser”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010