Spanish
Etymology
Calque of English bottlenose dolphin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾiθ de boˈteʝa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiθ̬ ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʝa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾiθ de boˈteʝa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiθ̬ ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʝa] (most of Spain)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾiθ de boˈteʎa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiθ̬ ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʎa] (rural northern Spain)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾis de boˈteʝa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiz ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʝa] (Latin America)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾis de boˈteʝa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiz ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾis de boˈteʎa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiz ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾis de boˈteʃa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiz ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʃa] (Latin America)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾis de boˈteʃa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiz ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /delˌfin naˌɾis de boˈteʒa/ [d̪elˌfĩn naˌɾiz ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: del‧fín na‧riz de bo‧te‧lla
Noun
delfín nariz de botella m (plural delfines nariz de botella)
- bottlenose dolphin
- Synonym: delfín mular