golondrina

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From a metathetic alteration of Latin hirundinem, accusative of hirundō, with addition of the diminutive suffix -ina.

Pronunciation

Noun

golondrina f (plural golondrinas)

  1. swallow (bird)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26v:
      DEl dizenoueno grado del ſigno de gemini, es la piedra de la golondrina. Et es una delas preciadas piedras que a entre todas aq́llas que se fazen en los animales. Et qui la quiſiere fallar, deue tomar el primero pollo que faze la golondrina en el anno. […]
      Of the nineteenth degree of the sign of Gemini is the stone of the swallow. And it is one of the most valued of the stones that form within animals. And he who wishes to find it must take the first chick born to a swallow during the year.

Descendants

  • Spanish: golondrina

Spanish

golondrina (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish golondrina, from Latin hirundine, with metathesis. Compare Portuguese andorinha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: go‧lon‧dri‧na

Noun

golondrina f (plural golondrinas)

  1. swallow (bird)
  2. (nautical) type of tourist boat found mostly in Barcelona

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

golondrina f

  1. feminine singular of golondrino

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish golondrina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/,
  • Hyphenation: go‧lon‧dri‧na

Noun

golondrina (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ)

  1. swallow (especially the genus Hirundo)
  2. a type of kite shaped like a swallow

See also