búho
See also: buho
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish buho, bufo, from Vulgar Latin *būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuo/ [ˈbu.o]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -uo
- Syllabification: bú‧ho
Noun
búho m (plural búhos)
- owl, eagle owl (any species of owl from the Strigidae family)
- (colloquial) informant, a squealer
Derived terms
- búho cornudo
- búho lechoso
- búho real
See also
- chucho
- lechuza
- tecolote
Further reading
- “búho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014