agujón
Spanish
Etymology
aguja (“needle”) + -ón (“augmentative suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡuˈxon/ [a.ɣ̞uˈxõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧gu‧jón
Noun
agujón m (plural agujones)
- needlefish (Belonidae)
- redstem filaree (Erodium cicutarium)
Descendants
- → Tagalog: aguhon
Further reading
- “agujón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014