grima

• Homophones: grimas, grimât

grima

1. third-person singular past historic of grimer

• grimo

Probably from Gothic,[1] from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to oil, colour, dye”). Cognate with Portuguese grima and Spanish grima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾima/

grima f (plural grimas)

1. fear, creeps, uneasiness.
   • 1834, anonymous, Urca, page 5:

     foi tal o terror que concibeu neste aflicto, que cando se vai lavar hastr'a auga lle dá grimo

     he built such a terror because of that affliction, that when he's going to wash himself even the water gives him the creeps

• grimar

• “grimo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “grima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “grima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “grima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• grimjo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrʲima/

grima

1. third-person singular present of grimaś

From Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to oil, colour, dye”). Cognate with Old Saxon grīma (“mask”), Old High German grīmo (“mask”), Old Norse gríma (“mask, hood”) (Icelandic gríma). More at grime.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːmɑ/

grīma m

1. mask
2. helmet; visor
3. specter, ghost; apparition

• Middle English: grim, grime
  • English: grime

grima f (uncountable)

1. disgust, uneasiness.

• dar grima