helecho

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish felecho, from Latin filictum (“fernbrake”), from filix (“fern”). Compare Asturian felechu, Friulian felet, Galician fieito, and Portuguese feto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlet͡ʃo/ [eˈle.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -etʃo
  • Syllabification: he‧le‧cho

Noun

helecho m (plural helechos)

  1. fern

Derived terms

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.