podenco
Spanish
Etymology
Compare Portuguese and Galician podengo. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈdenko/ [poˈð̞ẽŋ.ko]
- Rhymes: -enko
- Syllabification: po‧den‧co
Noun
podenco m (plural podencos)
- warren hound (any of a variety of dog breeds historically used for rabbit hunting, but bigger than a lebrel)
Derived terms
- podenco andaluz
- podenco canario
- podenco ibicenco
- podenco portugués
- podenco valenciano
Further reading
- “podenco”, 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