fama

Meaning

1. (feminine) fame
2. (feminine) reputation

Hyphenated as

fa‧ma

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfama/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fama, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fāma (partly due to phonetic reasons: initial f did not become h, and because it preserved the Latin sense perfectly; additionally its derivatives are also learned), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂-mā-, from *bheh₂- (“to speak”).

Sentences

El lugar no tardo en hacerse su propia fama .

The place did not take long to make its own fame.