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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَبَلِيّ (jabaliyy, “of the mountains”), from جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xabaˈli/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ja‧ba‧lí
Noun
jabalí m (plural jabalís or jabalíes, feminine jabalina, feminine plural jabalinas)
- wild boar
- (Mexico) peccary, javelina
- warthog (ellipsis of jabalí verrucoso.)
- Synonym: facóquero
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