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fogo de santelmo

Portuguese, noun

fogo de santelmo is spelled F-O-G-O-D-E-S-A-N-T-E-L-M-O (14 letters). Fogo de santelmo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of fogo de Santelmo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, fogo de Santelmo is a different word: “St. Elmo's fire (electrical discharge seen around pointed objects)”. On this page, fogo-de-santelmo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of fogo de Santelmo; still used…”.

What does fogo de santelmo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of fogo de Santelmo

noun

as fogo de Santelmo
  1. 1

    masculineSt. Elmo's fire (electrical discharge seen around pointed objects)

noun

as fogo-de-santelmo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of fogo de Santelmo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ortografia antiga de fogo de Santelmo

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fogo de santelmo

  • fogos de santelmo plural
  • metaphonic plural
  • fogos de Santelmo plural
  • fogo de santelmo alternative
  • fogo-de-santelmo alternative
  • fogos-de-santelmo plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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