gallinazo
See also: Gallinazo
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin gallīnāceus. Compare the borrowed doublet gallináceo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /ɡaʝiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.θo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /ɡaʎiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʎiˈna.θo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.so]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /ɡaʎiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʎiˈna.so]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʃiˈna.so]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʒiˈna.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na‧zo
Noun
gallinazo m (plural gallinazos)
- vulture
- Synonyms: jote, zopilote, buitre
- turkey vulture
Related terms
- gallina
- gallo
See also
- buitre
Further reading
- “gallinazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014