pájaro
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See also:Pajaro
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]InheritedfromOld Spanishpáxaro,pássaro,fromVulgar Latin*passarum,alteration ofLatinpasser(“sparrow”),ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*p(e)t-tro-(“who flies, bird”),from*peth₂-(“to fly”).ComparePortuguesepássaro.A distant cognate ofpeña.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key):/ˈpaxaɾo/[ˈpa.xa.ɾo]
Audio(Spain): (file) Audio(Spain): (file) - Rhymes:-axaɾo
- Syllabification:pá‧ja‧ro
Noun
[edit]pájarom(pluralpájaros)
- bird,especially aperching bird
- Hypernym:(any bird)ave
- (Dominican Republic,Cuba,slang)homosexual
- (colloquial,Chile,Guatemala,Mexico,Venezuela)penis
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:pene
- (colloquial,Spain)person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs
Derived terms
[edit]- a vuelo de pájaro(“as the crow flies”)
- cabeza a pájaros
- cazar el pájaro
- espantapájaros
- írsele el pájaro
- leche de pájaro
- más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando
- matar dos pájaros de un tiro
- no hay pájaros en los nidos de ayer(“youth passes quickly”,literally“there are no birds in the nests of yesterday”)
- pajarera
- pajarero(“bird seller, bird breeder”)
- pajaril
- pajarita
- pajarito
- pájaro bobo(“penguin”)
- pájaro cantor(“songbird”)
- pájaro carpintero(“woodpecker”)
- pájaro de mal agüero
- pájaro del sol
- pájaro estaca
- pájaro moscón
- pájaro plomo
- pájaro vaco
- pajarón
- pajarraco(“ugly bird”)
- pata de pájaro
- pie de pájaro
- red de pájaros
- tener pájaros en la cabeza
Further reading
[edit]- “pájaro”,inDiccionario 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/axaɾo
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