tucán
See also: tucan and túcán
Spanish
Etymology
From Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈkan/ [t̪uˈkãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: tu‧cán
Noun
tucán m (plural tucanes)
- toucan
- (Costa Rica, dated) a 5000 colón bill
Descendants
- → German: Tukan
Further reading
- “tucán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014