# ramo
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈramo]
* Rhymes: -amo
* Hyphenation: ra‧mo

### Noun

ramo (accusative singular ramon, plural ramoj, accusative plural ramojn)
* (historical) battering ram

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Cognates include dialectal Finnish ramu and Estonian ramm.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈrɑmo/, [ˈrɑmo̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈrɑmo/, [ˈrɑmo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑmo
* Hyphenation: ra‧mo

### Noun

ramo
* power, strength

#### Synonyms

* voima

#### Derived terms

* ramoittua
* ramokas
* ramonäpykkä
* ramopytky
* vähäramoin

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 464

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.mo/
* Rhymes: -amo
* Hyphenation: rà‧mo

### Etymology 1

From Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

#### Noun

ramo m (plural rami)
* (botany, figurative) branch
* (anatomy) ramus, branch
* fork

##### Derived terms

* diramare
* ramaccio
* ramello
* rametto (> ramettino)
* ramicello
* ramificare
* ramingo
* ramone
* ramoscello
* ramoso
* ramuccio
* ramulo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ramo
* first-person singular present indicative of ramare

### Anagrams

* Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, mora, orma, roma

## Latin
### Noun

rāmō
* dative/ablative singular of rāmus

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Conjunction

ramo
* when, if

#### Usage notes

This word is used if the subjects of the independent and dependent clauses differ. If they are the same, use vy instead.

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin rāmum, accusative of rāmus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈramo/

### Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)
* branch
** c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2:[…] de pues enbio el palomo ⁊ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua cõ ſus fojas uerdes en su boca[…] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

#### Descendants

* Spanish: ramo

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ramo, from Latin rāmus (“branch”), from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈhɐ̃.mu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈhɐ̃.mu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈχɐ̃.mu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ.mo/ [ˈhɐ.mo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɐ.mu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɐ.mu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁa.mu/
* Hyphenation: ra‧mo

### Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)
* bouquet, bunch (of flowers etc.)
* bough; branch (part of a tree)
* (by extension) subject, field, discipline; branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)

#### Related terms

* derramar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ramo, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂dmos, from *wréh₂ds (“root”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈramo/ [ˈra.mo]
* Rhymes: -amo
* Syllabification: ra‧mo

### Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)
* bouquet (a bunch of cut flowers)
* bough, branch (woody part of a tree)
* branch, subject (an area in business or knowledge)
    Synonym: asignatura
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 12:La persona que quiere dañar a otra, lleva a la Bruja, pues son mujeres las que ordinariamente se dedican a este ramo de la hechicería, una prenda íntima de su víctima.The person who wishes to curse another, brings to the Witch, because they are women who usually dedicate themselves to this field of sorcery, an intimate garment of the victim.

#### Derived terms

* Domingo de Ramos

#### Related terms

* derramar
* rama
* ramada
* ramificar
* ramoso

### Further reading

* “ramo”, 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