corazón

corazón

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθon/

Noun

corazón m (plural corazons)

1. (anatomy) heart

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθon/, [ko.ɾaˈθõŋ]

Noun

corazón m (plural corazones)

1. (anatomy) heart

   Synonym: corazu

   Synonym: coral

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Galician

Alternative forms

• coração, coraçom (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθoŋ/, (western) /koɾaˈsoŋ/

Noun

corazón m (plural corazóns)

1. heart (organ of the body)
2. the seat of human love and kindness
3. the seat of human fortitude, valor, spirit
4. the center of an object; kernel

   Synonym: cerne

5. (card games) heart (a playing card of the suit hearts, corazóns)

Suits in Galician · paus (layout · text)
corazóns	diamantes	picas	trevos

References

• “coraçon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “coraç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “corazón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “corazón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “corazón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Diagrama del corazón humano

un corazón

Etymology

From Old Spanish coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koɾaˈθon/ [ko.ɾaˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /koɾaˈson/ [ko.ɾaˈsõn]

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧ra‧zón

Noun

corazón m (plural corazones)

1. (anatomy) heart (organ of the body)
2. emotions, kindness, spirit

   Synonyms: alma, pecho

3. the center of an object
   1. core (of a fruit)
   2. artichoke heart
4. (card games) heart (a playing card of the suit hearts, corazones)

Derived terms

• ataque al corazón
• con la mano en el corazón
• corazoncito
• de corazón
• dedo corazón
• de todo corazón
• escote corazón
• hacer de tripas corazón
• ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
• programa del corazón
• rompecorazones
• sacacorazones

 

Related terms

• acordar
• coraje
• corazonada
• cordial
• cuerdo
• recordar

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: corazon
• → Cebuano: korason
• → Guaraní: korasõ
• → Hiligaynon: korason

See also

Suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text)
corazones	diamantes	picas	tréboles

Further reading

• “corazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014