huérfano
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝eɾfano/ [ˈw̝eɾ.fa.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾfano
- Syllabification: huér‧fa‧no
Adjective
huérfano (feminine huérfana, masculine plural huérfanos, feminine plural huérfanas)
- orphan
Derived terms
- medicamento huérfano
- obra huérfana
Noun
huérfano m (plural huérfanos, feminine huérfana, feminine plural huérfanas)
- orphan
Related terms
- orfanato
Further reading
- “huérfano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014