salamelecco

Meaning

bowing and scraping, flattery

Concepts

bowing and scraping

salaam

Translations

zalamería

reverència

Hyphenated as

sa‧la‧me‧lèc‧co, sa‧la‧me‧léc‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.la.meˈlɛk.ko/

Etymology

From Arabic اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace [be] upon you”, a common greeting). See also Portuguese salamaleque and French salamalec.