gorrión

Galician

Alternative forms

• gorriom, gorrião (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈrjoŋ/

Noun

gorrión m (plural gorrións)

1. house sparrow

   Synonym: pardal

Further reading

• “gorrión”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, possibly derived from Basque gorri (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈrjon/ [ɡoˈrjõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: go‧rrión

Noun

gorrión m (plural gorriones)

1. sparrow

Derived terms

• gorrión alpino
• gorrión cantor
• gorrión común
• gorrión europeo
• gorrión italiano
• gorrión rascador

 

Further reading

• “gorrión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28