sufre

sufre

1. sulfur

sufre

1. second-person singular imperative of sufrir

From Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Catalan sofre and French soufre.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ɸɾe]

sufre m (usually uncountable)

1. sulfur, brimstone
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r.

     […] ¬ puſieren cabo della un poco de ſufre. ¬ ruciaren la piedra con agua ſaldra della fuego tan fuerte […]

     […] and should they put atop it some sulfur and spray it with water, then the stone would spit fire so strong […]

   • Idem, f. 13r.

     & es fallada en tierra de affrica en las mineras del ſufre. Liuiana es. ¬ fuerte de q́brantar.

     And it is found in the land of Africa, in the sulfur mines. It is light, but also hard to break.

• Spanish: azufre

sufre

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sufrir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sufrir.