alicanto
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
alicanto m (plural alicantos)
- A giant bird of Chilean myth, associated with precious metals.
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 1:
- Los buscadores de minerales preciosos creen su fortuna hecha si logran tener por guía a un Alicanto, pues es seguro que los llevará al descubrimiento de algún oculto tesoro.
- Those who seek precious minerals believe that their fortune is made if get their hands on an alicanto as a guide, as it is sure to lead them to the discovery of some hidden treasure.
Further reading
- “alicanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28