sarampión

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sirimpiōnem (“a kind of skin rash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾamˈpjon/ [sa.ɾãmˈpjõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sa‧ram‧pión

Noun

sarampión m (countable and uncountable, plural sarampiones)

1. measles
   • 1799, Joseph Quarin, “Del sarampión”, in Antonio Lavedán, transl., Prontuario de medicina clínica ó práctica‎^[1], Madrid, page 88:

     Los sarampiones atacan á los hombres en toda edad; pero mas freqüentemente en la tierna.

     Measles attack men at any age, but more frequently at a young one.

Descendants

• → Portuguese: sarampão
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: charampeyu

Further reading

• “sarampión”, 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