gorrión
Galician
Alternative forms
- gorriom, gorrião (reintegrationist)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈrjoŋ/
Noun
gorrión m (plural gorrións)
- house sparrow
- Synonym: pardal
Further reading
- “gorrión”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, possibly derived from Basque gorri (“red”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈrjon/ [ɡoˈrjõn]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: go‧rrión
Noun
gorrión m (plural gorriones)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: guryon
Further reading
- “gorrión”, 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