plomizo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin plumbum

Spanish plomo

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -īcus

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -īcius

Spanish -izo

Spanish plomizo

From plomo + -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ploˈmiθo/ [ploˈmi.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ploˈmiso/ [ploˈmi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: plo‧mi‧zo

Adjective

plomizo (feminine plomiza, masculine plural plomizos, feminine plural plomizas)

1. grey, leaden
   • 2015 July 17, “La factoría mundial de velocistas”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 December 2025:

     Bajo un cielo plomizo, jóvenes corredores de ambos sexos con anatomías de purasangre salen zumbando en formación al ritmo que marca la voz grave e implacable del señor Clarke.

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2. leadlike (resembling the metal lead)

Derived terms

• fiofío plomizo
• halcón plomizo

Further reading

• “plomizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026