Portuguese

Proper noun

Álamo m

1. Alamo (a fort in San Antonio, Texas)

Spanish

Etymology

From álamo ‎(“cottonwood tree”).

Proper noun

Álamo m

1. Alamo (a fort in San Antonio, Texas)

Portuguese

Noun

álamo m (plural álamos)

1. poplar (any of the trees in the genus Populus)

Synonyms

• choupo

Related terms

• alameda
• alamedado
• alamedar

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍃 ‎(alms), related to Old Norse almr ‎(“elm”), from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem ‎(“mountain elm”).

Possibly influenced by Celtiberian: see also Asturian llamera); akin to Irish leamhán ‎(“elm”), Welsh llwyf ‎(“elm”).

Noun

álamo m ‎(plural álamos)

1. white poplar (tree)
2. white poplar (wood)

Derived terms

• Álamo