enfermaría

See also: enfermaria

Galician

Alternative forms

• enfermería

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enfermaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from enfermo (“sick”) +‎ -aría, Medieval Latin infirmaria (“hospital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eɱfeɾmaˈɾiɐ]

Noun

enfermaría f (plural enfermarías)

1. (dated) infirmary, sickhouse, hospital
   • 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:

     It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa [...] que seja ena enfermaria para os frayres doentes

     Item, I bequeath to this monastery of Saint Francis a bed of clothes [list of items] that must be in the infirmary for the use of ill friars

2. infirmary (clinic or dispensary within another institution)
3. nursing (profession of caring for patients as a nurse)

Related terms

• enfermo

Verb

enfermaría

1. first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enfermaria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfermaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “enfermaría” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Verb

enfermaría

1. first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar