# bálsamo
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* basmo

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese balsamo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbalsɐmʊ]

### Noun

bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
* balsam (resin)
* balsam (plant)
* balsam (ointment)
    Synonyms: pomada, ungüento
** 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:
    Sabede que ẽno mũdo nõ ha jnçenso nẽ frol nẽ balsamo nẽ outra cousa que tã bõo olor aja cõmo esta pẽna.You must know that in the world there is no incense, flower, balsam, nor another thing that has such a good smell as this pelt

#### Derived terms

* balsámico
* embalsamar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “balsamo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “basmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “balsam”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bálsamo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bálsamo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bálsamo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.sa.mu/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa.mu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.sa.mu/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa.mu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.sa.mo/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa.mo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbal.sɐ.mu/ [ˈbaɫ.sɐ.mu]
* Hyphenation: bál‧sa‧mo

### Noun

bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
* balsam (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)

#### Related terms

* embalsamar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam-bearing tree, plant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalsamo/ [ˈbal.sa.mo]
* Rhymes: -alsamo
* Syllabification: bál‧sa‧mo

### Noun

bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
* balsam
* balsam (tree or shrub)
* hair conditioner
    Synonym: acondicionador

#### Derived terms

* balsámico
* bálsamo de calaba
* bálsamo de copaiba
* bálsamo de María
* bálsamo de Tolú
* bálsamo del Canadá
* bálsamo del Perú
* bálsamo labial
* embalsamar

#### Related terms

* opobálsamo

#### Descendants

* → Highland Popoluca: balsamo

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bálsamo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “bálsamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10