esguín

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque izokin (“salmon”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *esoxs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈɡin/ [ezˈɣ̞ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: es‧guín

Noun

esguín m (plural esguines)

  1. a salmon fry that has not yet left the river

See also

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.