ánsar

See also: ansar and ãnsar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ānsar, from Latin ānser, from Proto-Italic *hāns, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Doublet of ganso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈansaɾ/ [ˈãn.saɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ansaɾ
Syllabification: án‧sar

Noun

ánsar m (plural ánsares)

(formal) wild goose
Synonyms: ganso, oca

Hypernyms

anseriforme

Hyponyms

ánsar campestre (“Taiga bean goose”)
ánsar careto (“greater white-fronted goose”)
ánsar careto grande
ánsar chico, ánsar careto chico (“lesser white-fronted goose”)
ánsar cisnal (“swan goose”)
ánsar común
ánsar indio (“bar-headed goose”)
ánsar nival (“snow goose”)
ánsar piquicorto (“pink-footed goose”)

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Further reading

“ánsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024