charabón

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Spanish

Etymology

Of native (probably Guaraní) origin, similar to caburé (“pygmy owl”), mamboretá (“mantis”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɾaˈbon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: cha‧ra‧bón

Noun

charabón m (plural charabones)

  1. young nandu
    Synonym: pichón
    • 1992, Pedro G. Orgambide, Las botas de Anselmo Soria, Ediciones Colihue SRL, →ISBN, page 15:
      Le dijeron charabón, que era la manera de decirle que no se portara como un tonto con ellos. Porque charabón es la cría del avestruz, que es o parece muy torpe a los ojos humanos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Previtali, G. (1963). Ricardo Güiraldes and Don Segundo Sombra: Life and Works. United States: Hispanic Institute in the United States, p. 187
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