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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish páxaro, pássaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, alteration of Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Portuguese pássaro. A distant doublet of peña.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaxaɾo/
- Rhymes: -axaɾo
- Syllabification: pá‧ja‧ro
Noun
pájaro m (plural pájaros)
- bird, especially a perching bird
- Hypernym: (any bird) ave
- (Dominican Republic, Cuba, slang) homosexual
- (colloquial, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
- (colloquial, Spain) person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs
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