enjalma

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈxalma/ [ẽŋˈxal.ma]
• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: en‧jal‧ma

Etymology 1

• From Mozarabic *iššalma, from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).
• Alternatively deverbal from enjalmar from jalma since **jalmar does not exist.

Alternative forms

• jalma

Noun

enjalma f (plural enjalmas)

1. saddlecloth, soft saddle

Derived terms

• desenjalmar (“to put the saddlecloth off”)
• enjalmar (“to put the saddlecloth on”)
• enjalmero (“saddlecloth maker or seller”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

enjalma

1. inflection of enjalmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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