zaratán
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān, “crab”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈtan/ [θa.ɾaˈt̪ãn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /saɾaˈtan/ [sa.ɾaˈt̪ãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: za‧ra‧tán
Noun
zaratán m (plural zaratanes)
- breast cancer
Further reading
- “zaratán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014