orín

See also: orin, Orin, oṛiṅ, and örin

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾin/ [oˈɾĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: o‧rín

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *aurīginem, from alteration of Latin aerūginem (“copper rust”), with influence from aurum (“gold”).[1]

Noun

orín m (plural orines)

  1. rust (caused by moisture)
    Synonyms: herrumbre, moho, óxido

Etymology 2

Variant of orina.

Noun

orín m (plural orines)

  1. (usually in the plural) urine
    Synonyms: meada, meados, orina
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 203:
      Se hecha un sapo dentro de su bacinica con orines, se tapa el tiesto y se entierra al pie de un árbol.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “orín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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