dragón
See also: dragon, Dragon, and drag on
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɾaˈɣoŋ]
Noun
dragón m (plural dragóns)
- dragon (mythical creature)
- c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26:
- Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.
- Jason meant to put the dragon to sleep with words and herbs
- Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.
- c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26:
Synonyms
- serpe
References
- “dragon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “dragon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “dragón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish dragon, from Latin dracōnem (accusative form), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”). Doublet of drago, from the Latin nominative dracō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -on
- IPA(key): /dɾaˈɡon/ [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞õn]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: dra‧gón
Noun
dragón m (plural dragones, feminine dragona, feminine plural dragonas)
- dragon (legendary serpentine creature)
- dragoon (horse soldier)
- (heraldry) dragon
Derived terms
- barco dragón
- boca de dragón
- dragón de Komodo
Related terms
- drago
Descendants
- → Tagalog: dragon
- → Waray-Waray: dragon
Further reading
- “dragón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- drogan