Old Spanish

Noun

esmeril m (usually uncountable)

1. emery
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v.

     Et ſi la pulen con el poluo daquella piedra que llaman en arauigo azumberic que es ala que nos dezimos eſmeril. eſclareſce ya quanto ¬ fazes fremoſa.

     And if it is polished with the powder of the stone called azumberic in Arabic, the one we call emery, it brightens and becomes beautiful.

Descendants

• Spanish: esmeril

Portuguese

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeris)

1. grinder (tool with a spinning abrasive disc)

Spanish

Noun

esmeril m ‎(plural esmeriles)

1. emery