jabalí
See also: jabali
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic جَبَلِيّ (jabaliyy, “of the mountains”), from جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xabaˈli/ [xa.β̞aˈli]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ja‧ba‧lí
Noun
jabalí m (plural jabalís or jabalíes, feminine jabalina, feminine plural jabalinas)
- wild boar
- (Mexico) peccary, javelina
- warthog (ellipsis of jabalí verrucoso.)
- Synonym: facóquero
Derived terms
- jabalina
Further reading
- “jabalí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014