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Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈtoŋ/
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: pi‧tón
Noun
pitón m (plural pitóns)
- python
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈton/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pi‧tón
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of a mythological serpent slain by Apollo, from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), an old name for Delphi, probably from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).
Noun
pitón f or (uncommonly) m (plural pitones)
- python (snake)
Etymology 2
Noun
pitón m (plural pitones)
- small horn
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) small tit, breast
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