santelmo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛw.mo/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛʊ̯.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈtɛl.mu/ [sɐ̃ˈtɛɫ.mu]

• Hyphenation: san‧tel‧mo

Noun

santelmo m (plural santelmos)

1. Synonym of fogo de Santelmo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanˈtelmo/ [sãn̪ˈt̪el.mo]
• Rhymes: -elmo
• Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo

Noun

santelmo m (plural santelmos)

1. St. Elmo's fire

   Synonym: fuego de San Telmo

Further reading

• “santelmo”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santelmo, from fuego de San Telmo (“St. Elmo's fire”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sanˈtelmo/ [sɐn̪ˈt̪ɛl.mo]
• Rhymes: -elmo
• Syllabification: san‧tel‧mo

Noun

santelmo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. St. Elmo's fire

   Synonym: igneo

2. (folklore) fireball or flame spirit, similar to the will o' the wisp, that stalks or chases people at night, and believed to be formed from the ignited blood of a person who tragically died

Further reading

• “santelmo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018