venado
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vēnātus (whence English venison).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈnado/ [beˈna.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: ve‧na‧do
Noun
venado m (plural venados)
- (Latin America) deer, stag
- Synonym: ciervo
- venison
- (colloquial) cuckold, deceived husband or partner
- Synonym: cornudo
- (Caribbean) deerskin
- (Caribbean) whore, prostitute
- Synonym: prostituta
- (Andes) contraband
- Synonym: contrabando
Usage notes
Venado may be considered more formal than ciervo when referring to a deer.
Derived terms
- matavenados
- venado andino
- venado bura
Further reading
- “venado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014