cazón

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Galician

Cazón

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçon, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cattiō from cattus (cat), given that many of these sharks are named catfish or dogfish in a number of languages. Compare Portuguese cação, Catalan cassó, Sicilian cazzuni.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /kaˈθoŋ/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /kaˈsoŋ/

  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧zón

Noun

cazón m (plural cazóns)

  1. school shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
    Synonyms: can do mar, tollo

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cazón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

From cazar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

Noun

cazón m (plural cazones)

  1. dogfish, tope

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