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sumo.

highest, greatest, superlative

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsumo/[ˈsu.mo]

  1. highest, greatest, superlative

    Caifás era sumo sacerdote.

  2. utmost

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Indo-European *-m̥mo- Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo-s Proto-Italic *supemos Latin summusbor. Spanish sumo Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

noun/ˈsumo/[ˈsu.mo]

  1. sumo

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

verb/ˈsumo/[ˈsu.mo]

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
verb/ˈsumo/[ˈsu.mo]

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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