limosna

From Old Spanish almosna, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”) (compare French aumône, Italian elemosina, Portuguese esmola), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “pity, mercy”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “pitiful, merciful”).

• IPA^(key): /liˈmosna/, [liˈmozna]

limosna f (plural limosnas)

1. alms
2. charity; charitable donation

• limosnear
• limosnero

• “limosna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.