# esmeralda
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde, from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

### Noun

esmeralda
* an emerald

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esmeralda.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [esmeˈɾaldɐ]

### Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)
* emerald
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmeralda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merald”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmeralda”, 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), “esmeralda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Old French esmeralde, ultimately from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ezmeˈɾalda/

### Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)
* emerald
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16r:Et la ſu uerdura ⁊ la ſu reſplandor es muy meior que dela otra eſmeralda.And its greenness and gleam are much better than those of the other emerald.
** Idem, f. 54r.
    Et eſtas ſon falladas en las mineras del oro o fallan las bonas eſmeraldas.And these are found in the goldmines where they find the best emeralds.

#### Descendants

* Spanish: esmeralda

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʒ.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iʒ.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /eʒ.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [eʒ.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ez.meˈɾaw.da/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.da]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʒ.mɨˈɾal.dɐ/ [(i)ʒ.mɨˈɾaɫ.dɐ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
* Homophone: Esmeralda
* Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

### Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)
* emerald

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin. Cf. also the Old Spanish form esmaragde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esmeˈɾalda/ [ez.meˈɾal̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -alda
* Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

### Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)
* emerald

#### Derived terms

* esmeraldero

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: esmeralda

### Adjective

esmeralda (invariable)
* emerald

### Further reading

* “esmeralda”, 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 esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔesmeˈɾalda/ [ʔɛs.mɛˈɾal.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -alda
* Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

### Noun

esmeralda (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇ)
* emerald (gemstone)
* emerald (color)
    esmeralda:

#### Related terms

* berdesmeralda

### Further reading

* “esmeralda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018