tiburón
See also: tiburon and Tiburon
Aragonese
Etymology
See Spanish tiburón.
Noun
tiburón m (plural tiburons)
- shark
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tiburón”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
See Spanish tiburón.
Noun
tiburón m (plural tiburones)
- shark
Synonyms
- escualu
Galician
Alternative forms
- tabeirón
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Portuguese tubarão;[1] see that entry and Spanish tiburón for more.
Noun
tiburón m (plural tiburóns)
- shark
Synonyms
- quenlla
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 612
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from or related to Portuguese tubarão[1] (see that entry for more). Related to Catalan tauró, Middle French tibéron, Galician tiburón, Tourangeau tébron, Taíno tiburo, and Quechua tiwrun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tibuˈɾon/ [t̪i.β̞uˈɾõn]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ti‧bu‧rón
Noun
tiburón m (plural tiburones)
- shark
- Synonym: escualo
- (economics) raider, share raider
Hypernyms
- selacio
Derived terms
- gran tiburón blanco
- tiburón ballena
- tiburón de puntas negras
- tiburón limón
- tiburón mako
- tiburón martillo
- tiburón oceánico
- tiburón peregrino
- tiburón tigre
- tiburón toro
- tiburón zorro
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 612
Further reading
- “tiburón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- tribuno