betún

Borrowed from Catalan betum, from Latin bitūmen.

• IPA^(key): /beˈtun/ [beˈt̪ũn]

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• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: be‧tún

betún m (plural betunes)

1. bitumen

   Synonym: bitumen

2. shoe polish
3. pipe joint compound
4. pine sap
5. (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Chile) a mixture of egg white and sugar for pastries

• → Tagalog: betun

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “betún”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 577

• “betún”, 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