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sumo

Pronunciation: /ˈsumo/

“sumo” is a Spanish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. highest, greatest, superlative
  2. utmost

noun

  1. sumo

In Spanish

  1. Más extremado o elevado en su género.
  2. Deporte de combate, de origen japonés, en el que los competidores intentan forzar al contrincante a salir del ring o tocar el suelo.
  3. Luchador de este arte marcial.
  4. Lengua amerindia de la familia misumalpa, hablada por unas 7000 personas en la costa oriental de Nicaragua.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

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