# abismo
## Catalan
### Verb

abismo
* first-person singular present indicative of abismar

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”). Compare Spanish abismo, English abyss, Italian abisso, Irish aibhéis, French abîme.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈbismo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ismo
* Hyphenation: a‧bis‧mo

### Noun

abismo (accusative singular abismon, plural abismoj, accusative plural abismojn)
* (geography) abyss
* (figuratively) oblivion
* (figuratively) gulf, irreconcilable difference
    Inter niaj opinioj estas abismo.There is a vast gulf between our opinions.

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* abysmo (alternative forms)

### Etymology

From Late Latin *abyssimus, from Latin abyssus (“bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈβizmo/

### Noun

abismo m (plural abismos)
* abyss, the deep
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r:Qvando entro noe en el archa auẏe .dc. annos e fue el diluuio de las aguas abrieron ſe todas las fótanas del abiſmo ⁊ fueron abiertas las fẏnieſtras de los cielos e plouio ſobre la tŕa .xL. dias ⁊ .xL. noches.[Quando entró Noe en el archa avíe .DC. años. E fue el diluvio de las aguas. Abrieron se todas las fontanas del abismo, e fueron abiertas las finiestras de los cielos, e plovió sobre la tierra .XL. días e .XL. noches.]When Noah entered the ark he was six hundred years old. And [then] the flood happened. All the fountains of the deep opened up, and the windows of the heavens were opened, and it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

#### Descendants

* Spanish: abismo

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish abismo and Portuguese abismo

### Noun

abismo
* abyss

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈbiz.mu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈbiz.mu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈbiʒ.mu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈbiz.mo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈbiʒ.mu/ [ɐˈβiʒ.mu]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧bis‧mo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin *abyssimus, from Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”), ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ βυσσός (bussós, “depth”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese avisso.

#### Alternative forms

* abysmo (obsolete)

#### Noun

abismo m (plural abismos)
* abyss (a bottomless or unfathomed depth)
    Synonyms: precipício, despenhadeiro

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:abismo.

##### Related terms

* abismal
* abismar
* abissal

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

abismo
* first-person singular present indicative of abismar

### Further reading

* “abismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “abismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbismo/ [aˈβ̞iz.mo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ismo
* Syllabification: a‧bis‧mo

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish avismo, from Vulgar Latin *abīsmus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”).

#### Noun

abismo m (plural abismos)
* abyss (a bottomless or unfathomed depth)
    Synonyms: precipicio, sima

##### Derived terms

* abismo de Challenger
* al borde del abismo

##### Related terms

* abisal
* abismal

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

abismo
* first-person singular present indicative of abismar

### Further reading

* “abismo”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abismo, from Old Spanish avismo, from Vulgar Latin *abīsmus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈbismo/ [ʔɐˈbis.mo]
* Rhymes: -ismo
* Syllabification: a‧bis‧mo

### Noun

abismo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)
* abyss (a bottomless or unfathomed depth)
    Synonyms: kailaliman, kulatad

#### Related terms

* abismal

### Further reading

* “abismo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “abismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 3