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enfermo.

of a person, sick, ill

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ẽˈfeʁ.mu/Brazil[ẽˈfeɦ.mu]Brazil/ĩˈfeʁ.mu/Brazil[ĩˈfeɦ.mu]Brazil

  1. of a person, sick, ill

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enfermo, from Latin īnfirmus (“sick, feeble”), from in- + firmus (“firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”).

verb/ẽˈfeʁ.mu/Brazil[ẽˈfeɦ.mu]Brazil/ĩˈfeʁ.mu/Brazil[ĩˈfeɦ.mu]Brazil

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enfermar

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