sarampión

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sirimpiō (“a kind of skin rash”) (genitive singular sirimpiōnis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saɾamˈpjon/ [sa.ɾãmˈpjõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: sa‧ram‧pión

Noun

sarampión m (countable and uncountable, plural sarampiones)

measles
- 1799, Joseph Quarin, “Del sarampión”, in Antonio Lavedán, transl., Prontuario de medicina clínica ó práctica‎, Madrid, page 88:
  Los sarampiones atacan á los hombres en toda edad; pero mas freqüentemente en la tierna.
  Measles attack the 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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