durazno

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dūracinus. Compare French duracine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /duˈɾaθno/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /duˈɾasno/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aθno
Rhymes: -asno
Syllabification: du‧raz‧no

Noun

durazno m (plural duraznos)

(Latin America) peach
Synonym: melocotón (Spain)
- 1971, Pablo Neruda, “Jardín de invierno”, in La rosa separada:
  Yo supe que la rosa caería / y el hueso del durazno transitorio / volvería a dormir y a germinar
  I knew the rose would fall / and the bone of the transitory peach / would go back to sleep and germinate
(Latin America) peach tree
Synonym: melocotonero

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Classical Nahuatl: torazno
→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tolas
→ Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tulax
→ Jakaltek: tulasna
→ Quechua: turasnu
→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: durastun
→ Southeastern Tepehuan: turaasno
→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: trösno

Further reading

“durazno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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