fermoso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso, from Latin fōrmōsus.

Adjective

fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. beautiful

Related terms

• forma

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fōrmōsus, from fōrma (“form, figure”) + -osus (“-ose: full of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɾˈmozo/

Adjective

fermoso (feminine singular fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. beautiful
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:

     Laban auie .ij. fijas la maẏor auie nõbre lẏa. e la menor rachel. E lẏa. auie los oios muelles. e rachel era muẏ fermoſa. e eſta amo iacob.

     Laban had two daughters. The older had the name Leah, and the younger Rachel. And Leah had weak eyes, and Rachel was very beautiful, and it was her whom Jacob loved.

Descendants

• Ladino: ermozo
• Spanish: hermoso

Spanish

Adjective

fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)

1. Obsolete form of hermoso.

Further reading

• “fermoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014