palomo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin palumbum, accusative of palumbus, alternative form of palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlomo/

Noun

palomo m (plural palomos)

1. dove, pigeon
   • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2.

     […] de pues enbio el palomo ⁊ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua cõ ſus fojas uerdes en su boca

     […] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

Synonyms

• paloma f

Descendants

• Spanish: palomo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish palomo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo- (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlomo/ [paˈlo.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: pa‧lo‧mo

Noun

palomo m (plural palomos, feminine paloma, feminine plural palomas)

1. male dove, male pigeon, cock pigeon
2. (vulgar, Dominican Republic, slang) coward, punk

Related terms

• paloma
• palomar

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