abismo

abismo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abismar

Borrowed from English abyss, French abîme, Italian abisso, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”). Compare Ido abismo, Interlingua abysmo,^[1] Spanish abismo, Irish aibhéis. First attested in 1904.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈbismo/

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧bis‧mo

abismo (accusative singular abismon, plural abismoj, accusative plural abismojn)

1. (geography) abyss
   • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎^[1] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:

     Kaj la tero estis senforma kaj dezerta, kaj mallumo estis super la abismo; kaj la spirito de Dio ŝvebis super la akvo.

     And the Earth was formless and deserted, and darkness was above the abyss; and the spirit of God hovered over the water.

2. (figuratively) oblivion
3. (figuratively) gulf, irreconcilable difference

   Inter niaj opinioj estas abismo.

   There is a vast gulf between our opinions.

• “abismo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “abismo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• André Cherpillod, “abismo”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN

• abysmo (alternative forms)

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈβizmo/

abismo m (plural abismos)

1. 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 fõtanas del abiſmo ⁊ fueron abiertas las fẏnieſtras de los cielos e plouio ſobre la tr̃a .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.

• Spanish: abismo

From Spanish abismo and Portuguese abismo

abismo

1. abyss

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• Hyphenation: a‧bis‧mo

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.

• abysmo (pre-standardization spelling)

abismo m (plural abismos)

1. abyss (a bottomless or unfathomed depth)

   Synonyms: precipício, despenhadeiro

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abismo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abismar

• “abismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “abismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /aˈbismo/ [aˈβ̞iz.mo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧bis‧mo

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

abismo m (plural abismos)

1. abyss (a bottomless or unfathomed depth)

   Synonyms: precipicio, sima

abismo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abismar

• “abismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbismo/ [ʔɐˈbis.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧bis‧mo

abismo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. abyss (a bottomless or unfathomed depth)

   Synonyms: kailaliman, kulatad

• “abismo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “abismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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