pinzón
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Spanish
Etymology
From pinza + -ón. Alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *pincio, pincione, possibly of Celtic origin (compare French pinson, Italian pincione), or from an onomatopoetic root *pink-, with similar forms found in other European languages.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pinˈθon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pinˈson/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pin‧zón
Noun
pinzón m (plural pinzones)
- finch (bird)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “pinzón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10