durazno

Inherited from Latin dūracinus. Compare French duracine.

• IPA^(key): /duˈɾaθno/ [d̪uˈɾaθ̬.no] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /duˈɾasno/ [d̪uˈɾaz.no] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθno (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asno (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: du‧raz‧no

durazno m (plural duraznos)

1. (Latin America) peach

   Synonym: melocotón (Spain)

   • 1971, Pablo Neruda, “Jardín de invierno”, in La rosa separada:

     Yo supe que la rosa caería / y el hueso del durazno transitorio / volvería a dormir y a germinar

     I knew the rose would fall / and the bone of the transitory peach / would go back to sleep and germinate

2. (Latin America) peach tree

   Synonym: melocotonero

• → Classical Nahuatl: torazno
• → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tolas
• → Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tulax
• → Jakaltek: tulasna
• → Quechua: turasnu
• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: durastun
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: turaasno
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: trösno

• “durazno”, 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