embridar

es-verb

embridar (first-person singular present embrido, first-person singular preterite embridé, past participle embridado)

embrido (first-person present singular)
embridé (first-person preterite singular)
embridado (participle past)
embridar (infinitive)
embridando (gerund)
embridado (masculine participle past singular)
embridada (feminine participle past singular)
embridados (masculine participle past plural)
embridadas (feminine participle past plural)
embrido (first-person indicative present singular)
embridas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
embridás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
embrida (indicative present singular third-person)
embridamos (first-person indicative plural present)
embridáis (indicative plural present second-person)
embridan (indicative plural present third-person)
embridaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
embridabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
embridaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
embridábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
embridabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
embridaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
embridé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
embridaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
embridó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
embridamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
embridasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
embridaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
embridaré (first-person future indicative singular)
embridarás (future indicative second-person singular)
embridará (future indicative singular third-person)
embridaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
embridaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
embridarán (future indicative plural third-person)
embridaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
embridarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
embridaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
embridaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
embridaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
embridarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
embride (first-person present singular subjunctive)
embrides (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
embridés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
embride (present singular subjunctive third-person)
embridemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
embridéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
embriden (plural present subjunctive third-person)
embridara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
embridaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
embridara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
embridáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
embridarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
embridaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
embridase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
embridases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
embridase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
embridásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
embridaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
embridasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
embridare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
embridares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
embridare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
embridáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
embridareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
embridaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
embrida (imperative informal second-person singular)
embridá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
embride (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
embride (imperative singular third-person)
embridemos (first-person imperative plural)
embridad (imperative plural second-person)
embriden (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
embriden (imperative plural third-person)
embrides (imperative negative second-person singular)
embride (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
embride (imperative negative singular third-person)
embridemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
embridéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
embriden (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
embriden (imperative negative plural third-person)


cerdo hormiguero

es-noun

cerdo hormiguero m (plural cerdos hormigueros)


gato atigrado

gato atigrado m (plural gatos atigrados, feminine gata atigrada, feminine plural gatas atigradas)

gatos atigrados (plural)
gata atigrada (feminine)
gatas atigradas (feminine plural)


arrendajo

From arrendar (“to mimic, mock”) + -ajo.

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


abulón

→ English: abalone

Borrowed from Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”) or a neighboring language.


alcazuz

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق السُوس (ʕirq as-sūs), via Andalusian Arabic.

عِرْق السُوس


buccino

Borrowed from Latin būccinum, variant of būcinum. See buzo.


anémona de mar

es-noun

anémona de mar f (plural anémonas de mar)


anémona

Borrowed from Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē).


proteles

From New Latin proteles, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) + τέλειος (téleios).


combatiente

combatiente m or f by sense (plural combatientes)


combatiente

ruff (wading bird of the species Philomachus pugnax)


nance

a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family


alholva

From Andalusian Arabic الْحُلْبَة (al-ḥúlba), from Arabic حُلْبَة (ḥulba). Compare Portuguese alforba.


hisopillo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


cochinilla de humedad

cochinilla de humedad f (plural cochinillas de humedad)


chupón

es-adj

chupón (feminine chupona, masculine plural chupones, feminine plural chuponas)

chupona (feminine)
chupones (masculine plural)
chuponas (feminine plural)

(Spain) hoarding, profiteering, sponging (said of a person who abuses a situation to get the best of it; in broad sense, not only referred to money or goods; it can be used as a noun)


chupón

¡Chupón! ¡Pasa el balón!

(Spain) ball hog (a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it)


quilo

Para que el cabello crezca hermoso, es bueno hacerlo cortar, en la mañana de San Jan, por la mano «de un Juan que esté creciendo» (es decir, de un niño que se llama Juan), y enterrarlo en seguida al pie de una mata de quilo, arbusto de crecimiento muy rápido.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 331:

(Chile) Muehlenbeckia hastulata, a climbing plant.


chita

es-noun

chita m or f same meaning (plural chitas)

chita m or f same meaning (canonical)
chitas (plural)

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).

der

Acinonyx jubatus
Acinonyx jubatus#Translingual


oyamel

From a Nahuatl source, cf. Classical Nahuatl oyametl.

Abies religiosa
Abies religiosa#Translingual


bujo

Inherited from Latin buxus, of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Doublet of boj, which was borrowed.


bonete

Borrowed from French bonnet. Compare boina.


zacatuche

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacatōchin (literally “grass rabbit”), from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“grass”) + tōchin, alternative form of tōchtli (“rabbit”).


colihue

(Argentina, Chile) a type of South American mountain bamboo (Chusquea coleou)


abeja machiega

es-noun

abeja machiega f (plural abejas machiegas)


abeja maesa

Literally, “master bee”, from the feminine form of maeso (“master”).


abeja maestra

abeja maestra f (plural abejas maestras)


quiltro

Borrowed from Mapudungun kiltro (“small and furry dog”).


trepador

es-noun

trepador m (plural trepadores, feminine trepadora, feminine plural trepadoras)

trepadores (plural)
trepadora (feminine)
trepadoras (feminine plural)


archibebe

a sea-water wading bird, the common redshank


terópodo

a theropod: any dinosaur of suborder Theropoda


nautilo

From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “nautilus, sailor”).


ajolote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“page, servant”)).


alfóncigo

From Andalusian Arabic الفستق (al-fústaq), from Arabic فُسْتَق (fustaq, “pistachio”). Compare Catalan festuc.


roano

es-adj

roano (feminine roana, masculine plural roanos, feminine plural roanas)

roana (feminine)
roanos (masculine plural)
roanas (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *ravidānus, from Latin ravĭdus, formed from rāvus (“grey, tawny”). Or, from Old Spanish roudano, a Germanic borrowing, from Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹 (raudai), inflection of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”).

(of a horse) roan (having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in)


kril

Borrowed from English krill, from Norwegian krill (“fish fry”).


osezno

es-noun

osezno m (plural oseznos, feminine osezna, feminine plural oseznas)

oseznos (plural)
osezna (feminine)
oseznas (feminine plural)


cempasúchil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cempōhualxōchitl, from cempōhualli (“twenty”) + xōchitl (“flower”).


malvavisco

Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marshmallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.


curruca

La especie europea parece manifestar cierta tendencia a un instinto semejante; pero no es raro que se aparte de él, como lo demuestra al poner sus huevos mates de color pálido en el nido de la curruca de invierno, que tiene los huevos brillantes de color azul verdoso.

1921, Antonio de Zulueta, El origen de las especies (originally by Charles Darwin):

Sylvia crassirostris - curruca mirlona oriental

Sylvia conspicillata - curruca tomillera

Sylvia melanocephala - curruca cabecinegra


ballena asesina

es-noun

ballena asesina f (plural ballenas asesinas)


jara

From Arabic شَعْرَاء (šaʕrāʔ), whose original meaning of 'hairy' extended to refer to places covered in vegetation (vd. Latin comātus for an analogous process), from شَعْر (šaʕr, “hair, fur, bristle”).

der

Arabic شَعْرَاء (šaʕrāʔ)

rockrose (plant in the genus Cistus or the genus Halimium)


piñón

From piña (“pinecone”) + -ón (diminutive suffix).


piñón

(mechanics) pinion (small gear or spindle)

(mechanics) sprocket (toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain)


piñón

From Latin pinna (“feather”) + -ón (“augmentative suffix”).


hiniesta

Inherited from Latin genesta. Doublet of genista.


peje

Inherited from Old Spanish pexe, borrowed from e.g. Asturian or Aragonese, from Latin piscem. Doublet of pez, the indigenous Castilian outcome. Compare also Portuguese peixe.


emú

Borrowed from Portuguese ema, possibly with influence of ñandú (“rhea”).


caribú

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: caribú


corzo

es-noun

corzo m (plural corzos, feminine corza, feminine plural corzas)

corzos (plural)
corza (feminine)
corzas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin curtius, from Latin curtus (“short”).


lechoso

Inherited from Latin lactōsus. By surface analysis, leche + -oso. The noun sense is due to the sap of the tree, which superficially resembles milk. Doublet of lactosa.

(Ecuador) a type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia


garañón

Inherited from Old Spanish guarañón (“stud, stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *wranjonis, accusative of *wranjo, cognate of Dutch ruin and regional German Raune. Compare Portuguese garanhão, Occitan garanhon, and Old French gareignun.

inh+

a machoman; a sexually successful and virile man


biznaga

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1).

bor+

(Mexico) any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti


hevea

From the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).


bisonte europeo

es-noun

bisonte europeo m (plural bisontes europeos)


bisonte americano

bisonte americano m (plural bisontes americanos)


búbalo

Borrowed from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antilope, wild ox”).


chimango

→ Catalan: ximango

→ English: chimango

→ Italian: chimango

chimango caracara (a bird of prey endemic to South America)


algarroba

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrū́ba), from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).


carabela portuguesa

es-noun

carabela portuguesa f (plural carabelas portuguesas)

Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man-of-war

Physalia physalis
Physalia physalis#Translingual

Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)


caballo de Przewalski

caballo de Przewalski m (plural caballos de Przewalski)

Named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky, the first known European to describe the horse.


braquiosaurio

Borrowed from New Latin Brachiosaurus, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).


elefante asiático

elefante asiático m (plural elefantes asiáticos)


elefante africano

elefante africano m (plural elefantes africanos)


elefante blanco

elefante blanco m (plural elefantes blancos)


vizcacha

viscacha (a South American rodent, native to the Andes)


cochinilla

Diminutive form of cochina, feminine form of cochino (“pig”), because of the animal's shape.

Armadillidium vulgare
Wikispecies:Armadillidium vulgare

pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)


milpiés

From mil (“one thousand”) + pies (“feet”).


hipocampo

Borrowed from Late Latin hippocampus (“sea horse”), from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, “sea horse, hippocamp”, from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea monster”)), describing a mythological creature with a horse's forepart and a fishlike hindquarter.

der

es:Hipocampo (anatomía)
es:Hipocampo (mitología)


ballena jorobada

es-noun

ballena jorobada f (plural ballenas jorobadas)


sumatrano

tiger barb; Sumatra barb (Puntigrus tetrazona)


aliáceo

es-adj

aliáceo (feminine aliácea, masculine plural aliáceos, feminine plural aliáceas)

aliácea (feminine)
aliáceos (masculine plural)
aliáceas (feminine plural)


caracola

shell of a marine snail (the kind that can be blown as a musical instrument)


pez luna

sunfish; ocean sunfish (large marine fish)


delfín mular

es-noun

delfín mular m (plural delfines mulares)


delfín nariz de botella

delfín nariz de botella m (plural delfines nariz de botella)


planta obediente

planta obediente f (plural plantas obedientes)


maura

Cathartes aura
Cathartes aura#Translingual

(Dominican Republic) turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)


calabaza bellota

calabaza bellota f (plural calabazas bellotas)


jícaro

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual

(Mexico, Central America) calabash tree (Crescentia cujete); Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata)


ansarino

es-adj

ansarino (feminine ansarina, masculine plural ansarinos, feminine plural ansarinas)

ansarina (feminine)
ansarinos (masculine plural)
ansarinas (feminine plural)


buganvilia

From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.


viñador

es-noun

viñador m (plural viñadores, feminine viñadora, feminine plural viñadoras)

viñadores (plural)
viñadora (feminine)
viñadoras (feminine plural)


barril de oro

barril de oro m (plural barriles de oro)

the barrel cactus, Echinocactus grusonii


cebollino

From cebolla + -ino (diminutive suffix), from Latin cēpa, whence English chive.


levístico

Borrowed from Late Latin levisticum, probably an alteration of Latin ligusticum, from Ligusticus (“Ligurian”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).


hierba buena

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈβ̞we.na]

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈβ̞we.na]

Literally, “good grass”. It is the linguistic opposite to mala hierba (“weed, bad grass”).

Mentha spicata
Mentha spicata#Translingual


nébeda

Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.


rábano picante

rábano picante m (plural rábanos picantes)


paragüita

largeleaf pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)


yambo

Borrowed from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).


blanquillo

From blanco (“white”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).


ulmaria

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual


guardabosque

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally); to keep”) + bosque (“forest”).

es-verb-obj

guardar<t:to guard (originally); to keep>


alhucema

desc

الْحُسَيْمَة

→ Arabic: الْحُسَيْمَة (al-ḥusayma)

→ Tagalog: alusema

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzáma), from Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzāmā).

der

Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzāmā)


bóvido

Formed from the root of Latin bovem with the suffix -ido, ultimately deriving from Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs).


arracacha

→ English: arracacha

→ French: arracache

→ German: Arakacha

a South American plant grown as a root vegetable, Arracacia xanthorrhiza


chipilín

a perennial legume whose greens are eaten in Mexico and Central America, but which is restricted as an invasive weed by many countries, Crotalaria longirostrata


carey

→ Catalan: carei

→ Tagalog: karay


borojó

South American fruit tree of species Alibertia patinoi (syn. Borojoa patinoi)


dóberman

Borrowed from English Dobermann, from German Dobermann, from Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, who first developed the breed.


ají criollo

es-noun

ají criollo m (plural ajís criollos or ajíes criollos)

ajís criollos (plural)
ajíes criollos (plural)


chiltoma

Perhaps from Classical Nahuatl chiltotl, chīltōtōtl (“brightly-coloured bird”), from chīlli + tōtōtl; compare chiltic, chīchīltic (“the colour red”).
Alternatively, perhaps from chilli (“chili, pepper”) + tomatl (“tomatillo”).


chilacayote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzilacāyohtli.

bor+

Cucurbita ficifolia
Cucurbita ficifolia#Translingual

any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes

any of several other species of wild gourd-like plants, such as Marah macrocarpus or Cucurbita foetidissima


naranjo enano

es-noun

naranjo enano m (plural naranjos enanos)


naranjo chino

naranjo chino m (plural naranjos chinos)


jocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xocotl (“fruit, plum”).


chirimoyo

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual

a South American fruit tree, Annona cherimola, whose fruit is the chirimoya


arándano rojo

es-noun

arándano rojo m (plural arándanos rojos)


arándano silvestre

arándano silvestre m (plural arándanos silvestres)


arándano ártico

arándano ártico m (plural arándanos árticos)


mora de los pantanos

mora de los pantanos f (plural moras de los pantanos)

Rubus chamaemorus
Rubus chamaemorus#Translingual


laucha

Borrowed from Mapudungun llaucha, laucha.


espliego

Borrowed from Aragonese espligo, from Latin spīculum (literally “little spike”) with metathesis of /l/. Coromines & Pascual propose that the word was interpreted as a derivative of pliego (“sheet of paper”) to explain the replacement of /i/ with /je/. At the time, there was /i~je/ alternation in numerous lexical items, such as castiello~castillo or aviespa~avispa. Compare Catalan espígol, Galician esprego.


níspero japonés

es-noun

níspero japonés m (plural nísperos japoneses)


níspero europeo

níspero europeo m (plural nísperos europeos)


flor de cananga

flor de cananga f (plural flores de cananga)

Cananga odorata
Cananga odorata#Translingual


ocote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.


ejote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl exōtl (“green bean, lima bean”).

bor+

(Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) green bean


rinoceronte blanco

es-noun

rinoceronte blanco m (plural rinocerontes blancos)


rinoceronte negro

rinoceronte negro m (plural rinocerontes negros)


rinoceronte indio

rinoceronte indio m (plural rinocerontes indios)


rinoceronte de Java

rinoceronte de Java m (plural rinocerontes de Java)


rinoceronte de Sumatra

rinoceronte de Sumatra m (plural rinocerontes de Sumatra)

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis#Translingual

Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)


rinoceronte lanudo

rinoceronte lanudo m (plural rinocerontes lanudos)


ahuehuete

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).


cornejo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corniclus < *corniculus, itself a diminutive of Latin cornus.


campanilla morada

es-noun

campanilla morada f (plural campanillas moradas)


cacheta

matchwood tree (Didymopanax morototoni syn. Schlefferi morototoni)


calabaza de nuez

calabaza de nuez f (plural calabazas de nuez)


calabaza butternut

calabaza butternut f (plural calabazas butternut)


velocirráptor

velocirráptor m (plural velocirráptores)


huisache

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huixachin (literally “many thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + ixachi (“a lot, great in quantity”).

bor+

Vachellia farnesiana
Vachellia farnesiana#Translingual

the needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America

Any of various trees of the genus Havardia.


ciruela Damasco

es-noun

ciruela Damasco f (plural ciruelas Damasco)

damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia)


caléndula

Borrowed from New Latin calendula, from Latin kalendae, calendae, from calare (“to proclaim (the first day of a month was proclaimed in ancient Rome)”).

Calendula officinalis
Calendula officinalis#Translingual

pot marigold (Calendula officinalis, a species of marigold)


tiburón ballena

tiburón ballena m (plural tiburones ballena)


serpiente marina

serpiente marina f (plural serpientes marinas)


atepocate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl atepocatl (“tadpole”).


musaraña

Inherited from Latin mūs arāneus (literally “spider mouse”) (compare French musaraigne) because the bite of some shrews can be venomous. Ending influenced by Spanish araña (“spider”).


chapote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl. Doublet of zapote.

(Mexico) Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon; Diospyros texana


maqui

maqui, Chilean wineberry (Aristotelia chilensis).


viborezno

es-adj

viborezno (feminine viborezna, masculine plural viboreznos, feminine plural viboreznas)

viborezna (feminine)
viboreznos (masculine plural)
viboreznas (feminine plural)


morriña

Borrowed from Galician morriña, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (“to die”).

(pathology, veterinary medicine) murrain


paico

(Chile) euphemism for pico (penis), usually used in the phrase "pal pico" (meaning "in a very bad situation")


tejocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texocotl (literally “stone fruit”), from tetl (“stone”) + xocotl (“plum, fruit”).

bor+

(Mexico) Crataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn


guachinango

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl [Term?].


anacahuite

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āmacuahuitl, from āmatl (“paper”) + cuahuitl (“tree”).

Schinus molle
Schinus molle#Translingual

A Peruvian pepper tree, a tree of species Schinus molle, in the sumac family


huauzontle

From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.


ebanuz

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic أَبَنُوس (ʔabanūs). Doublet of ébano.


besugo

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)


pancho

Of Mozarabic origin, from Latin pantex (“paunch”); thus it can be seen as a dialectal variant of the inherited panza.


brócoli

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, from brocco (“shoot, sprout”).


chirivía

See alcaravea (“caraway”). Compare Catalan xirivia (“parsnip”).


cascarilla

→ English: cascarilla


cucú

Athene cunicularia
Athene cunicularia#Translingual

(Dominican Republic) burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)


tuya articulada

es-noun

tuya articulada f (plural tuyas articuladas)

Tetraclinis articulata
Tetraclinis articulata#Translingual

(botany) sandarac (Tetraclinis articulata Masters)


alerce africano

alerce africano m (plural alerces africanos)

(Tetraclinis articulatus Masters), the sandarac tree


pampero

pampero m (plural pamperos, feminine pampera, feminine plural pamperas)

pamperos (plural)
pampera (feminine)
pamperas (feminine plural)

native or inhabitant of the pampas (male or of unspecified gender)


izote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl iczōtl, attested in the compound iczōxōchitl (“flower of a type of yucca”).

a species of yucca, Yucca aloifolia, native to Mexico and Central America


taltuza

Borrowed from Pipil tāltūsan (“gopher”). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“earth, soil”) + tozan (“gopher, mole”) (compare tuza).

cog

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) gopher


gran tiburón blanco

es-noun

gran tiburón blanco m (plural grandes tiburones blancos)

LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-gran tiburón blanco.wav


tiburón blanco

tiburón blanco m (plural tiburones blancos)


galápago

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calappacu. Compare Catalan calàpet (“toad”), and Portuguese cágado (“turtle, terrapin”).


quitón

Borrowed from translingual Chiton (genus name), from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “garment worn near the skin, tunic”).


cefalópodo

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -podo, from translingual Cephalopoda, a class name.


cohombro

From cogombro, from Latin cucumerem. Doublet of cacombra.


poleo

Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium#Translingual


coatí

→ Catalan: coatí

→? English: coati

→ Finnish: koati


surubí

any of several catfishes of the genus Pseudoplatystoma.


flamenco del Caribe

es-noun

flamenco del Caribe m (plural flamencos del Caribe)


flamenco andino

flamenco andino m (plural flamencos andinos)


flamenco chico

flamenco chico m (plural flamencos chicos)


flamenco chileno

flamenco chileno m (plural flamencos chilenos)


flamenco común

flamenco común m (plural flamencos comunes)


flamenco de James

flamenco de James m (plural flamencos de James)


flamenco enano

flamenco enano m (plural flamencos enanos)


concurso completo

concurso completo m (plural concursos completos)


equinodermo

es-adj

equinodermo (feminine equinoderma, masculine plural equinodermos, feminine plural equinodermas)

equinoderma (feminine)
equinodermos (masculine plural)
equinodermas (feminine plural)

From Latin echinoderma (compare the phylum name Echinodermata), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”).


martinete

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax#Translingual

black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)


sándalo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σάνδαλον (sándalon), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana).


árbol de Navidad

es-noun

árbol de Navidad m (plural árboles de Navidad)

[ˌaɾ.β̞ol̪ d̪e na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]


oso Kodiak

A calque of English Kodiak bear, named after the island of Kodiak, Alaska, where it is found.


oso de anteojos

oso de anteojos m (plural osos de anteojos)


pejelagarto

From peje (“fish”) + lagarto (“lizard, alligator”), so named for their primitive, lizard-like appearance.

compound

(chiefly Mexico and Central America) gar; garfish (fish of the family Lepisosteidae)


apancora

South American crab (Lithodes antarcticus)


ombú

a large evergreen tree native to the Pampa of South America, Phytolacca dioica


aguilucho

es-adj

aguilucho (feminine aguilucha, masculine plural aguiluchos, feminine plural aguiluchas)

aguilucha (feminine)
aguiluchos (masculine plural)
aguiluchas (feminine plural)

La ofensiva aguilucha la había iniciado Johan Camargo al pegar un doble después de dos fuera y luego fue impulsado por un sencillo de Danny Santana que empató el conteo 1-1, acto seguido Rey Fuentes negoció boleto y Francisco Peña recibió pelotazo llenando las bases para el turno de Difó.

2017 December 9, Juan Saint Hilaire, “Wilmer Difó conduce triunfo de las Águilas”, in Listín Diario:

(soccer) Of or pertaining to Club Deportivo Águila, a soccer club from San Miguel, El Salvador


sanguja

Inherited from Latin sanguisūga (“leech”, literally “bloodsucker”) (compare French sangsue, Italian sanguisuga, Portuguese sanguessuga), from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“to suck”).


yerba mansa

→ English: yerba mansa


flor de muertos

es-noun

flor de muertos f (plural flores de muertos)

Literally, “flower of the dead”, because in Mexico and Central America the flower is traditionally used to honor the deceased.

(Central America, Mexico) Mexican marigold


pavorreal

pavorreal m (plural pavorreales, feminine pavarreal, feminine plural pavarreales)

pavorreales (plural)
pavarreal (feminine)
pavarreales (feminine plural)


flor de cempasúchil

flor de cempasúchil f (plural flores de cempasúchil)


acocil

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).

(Mexico) acocil (Cambarellus montezumae)


cangrejo de río

cangrejo de río m (plural cangrejos de río)


águila harpía

águila harpía f (plural águilas harpías)


borrego

borrego m (plural borregos, feminine borrega, feminine plural borregas)

borregos (plural)
borrega (feminine)
borregas (feminine plural)

Pero sigamos consumiendo que no pasa nada; seamos borregos, seamos manada / Que por suerte el ser humano, vaya / También tiene obsolescencia programada

2016, “Black Mirror”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:


miriápodo

es-adj

miriápodo (feminine miriápoda, masculine plural miriápodos, feminine plural miriápodas)

miriápoda (feminine)
miriápodos (masculine plural)
miriápodas (feminine plural)

From the subphylum name Myriapoda, from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “a number of ten thousand”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).


súchil

(rare, dialectal, poetic, Mexico) flower


chichicuilote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ātzitzicuīlōtl (“phalarope”), from ātl (“water”) + tzitzicuiltic (“something thin or dry”) + huīlōtl (“dove”).

bor+

Charadrius wilsonia
Charadrius wilsonia#Translingual

(Mexico) Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia)


xóchil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”).


xoconostle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xoconōchtli (“sour prickly pear”), from xococ (“something sour”) + nōchtli (“prickly pear”).

(Mexico) a species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico


pinacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pīnacatl (“type of flightless beetle”).


cacahuacintle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).

(Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes


teocinte

French: téosinte

English: teosinte

apparently from Classical Nahuatl teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).

(Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) teosinte


sotol

→ English: sotol

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

(chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)


cacomixtle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahcomiztli.

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus


chimbolo

Borrowed from Pipil tzimpulu (“little fish”).

(El Salvador) molly (A fish of the genus Poecilia, particularly sphenops and gracilis.)


quejigo

Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).

Quercus faginea
Quercus faginea#Translingual


cajigo

Alternative form of quejigo (Portuguese oak)


carvallo

Borrowed from Galician carballo. Further etymology unknown; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

unk

Further etymology unknown


serpiente de cascabel

es-noun

serpiente de cascabel f (plural serpientes de cascabel)


chopo

Inherited from Old Spanish, possibly through an earlier form *llopo, from Vulgar Latin *plōppus, with metathesis from Latin pōpulus. Likely influenced by Portuguese choupo, if not simply borrowed from it.

Coordinate term: álamo

Populus nigra
Populus nigra#Translingual

A poplar tree, often the black poplar (Populus nigra)


cócono

cócono m (plural cóconos, feminine cócona, feminine plural cóconas)

cóconos (plural)
cócona (feminine)
cóconas (feminine plural)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Classical Nahuatl cōconeh (“children”), absolutive plural of conētl (“child”).


chotacabras

Verb-object compound, composed of chota (“to suckle”) + cabras (“goats”).


correcaminos

Verb-object compound, composed of corre (“to run”) + caminos (“roads”).


matahormigas

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + hormigas (“ants”).


nanacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nanacatl (“mushroom”).

bor+

(Mexico) an edible or hallucinogenic mushroom


cuartilla

→ English: cuartilla

From cuarto and cuarta (“fourth, quarter”) + -illa (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“fourth”). Doublet of cuartillo.

af

es:Cuartilla (unidad de volumen)
es:Cuartillo

(historical) cuartilla, half-cuarto, quarter-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L)


robalo

Metathesis of lobarro, diminutive of lobo.


moyote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mōyōtl (“mosquito”).


teporingo

Unknown. Perhaps connected to Classical Nahuatl tepētl (“mountain”), olīn (“movement”) + the locative suffix -co.


conejo de los volcanes

es-noun

conejo de los volcanes m (plural conejos de los volcanes)

From conejo (“rabbit”) + volcanes (“volcanoes”). Literally, “rabbit of the volcanoes”. The species' range is limited to a small area in the volcanic mountains of central Mexico.


tornasol

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (originally)”) + sol (“sun”).


trepatroncos

Verb-object compound, composed of trepa (“to climb”) + troncos (“tree trunks”).

treecreeper, better known as the agateador


chinicuil

Alteration of chilocuil, from Classical Nahuatl chihchīlocuilin, from chihchīltic (“red, chili red”) + ocuilin (“worm”).

(Mexico) the edible larva of the moth Hypopta agavis, used in traditional Mexican cuisine


sargo

sargo al horno

A mas de la torta venden en el comercio, se comen que se hace con ellas, tales como se tambien como las de sargo con aceite y zumo de limon

1858, Nuevo cocinero mejicano, HUEVAS DE LISA:

Diplodus sargus
Diplodus sargus#Translingual


salzmimbre

From salze (“willow”) + mimbre (“wicker”).

(Aragon) a willow that yields wicker suitable for basketry


tijereta

From tijera + -eta. The "earwig" sense comes from a comparison of the forceps to scissors.

(sex) scissoring, tribadism, trib (a sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.)


guaco

→ English: guaco


panalillo

Lobularia maritima
Lobularia maritima#Translingual


bogavante

Cross of lobagante (which is from Vulgar Latin *lucopante, from Ancient Greek λυκοπάνθηρος (lukopánthēros, “snow leopard”) because of the fierce appearance of its large claws) with bogar (from Latin vocāre (“to call”)) and avante (from Latin ab + ante).

der

λυκοπάνθηρος

Homarus gammarus
Homarus gammarus#Translingual


buey de mar

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual


aceituna negra

es-noun

aceituna negra f (plural aceitunas negras)


lebrasto

lebrasto m (plural lebrastos, feminine lebrasta, feminine plural lebrastas)

lebrastos (plural)
lebrasta (feminine)
lebrastas (feminine plural)

Alteration based on liebre (“hare”) + -ato.


huevos rotos

(Spain) a dish consisting of fried eggs with the yolk broken after cooking


cabezada

doy una cabezada


crótalo

Borrowed from Latin crotalum (“castanet”), from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon).


beleño

From Old Spanish bellinno, from Gaulish belenion (Pseudo-Aristotle, De plantis, 7.821); akin to Welsh bela (“henbane”), Old Irish béal (“sun”). Related to belesa.


nigua

Tunga penetrans
Tunga penetrans#Translingual


tortilla española

es-noun

tortilla española f (plural tortillas españolas)


emporrado

es-adj

emporrado (feminine emporrada, masculine plural emporrados, feminine plural emporradas)

emporrada (feminine)
emporrados (masculine plural)
emporradas (feminine plural)


oronja

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *auruncula (compare French oronge (“agaric”)).

Hay en este género, sin embargo, especies muy buenas como la oronja (Amanita caesarea) considerada por algunos como la reina de las setas, como la más exquisita.

1926, Romualdo González Fragoso, Botánica: las talofitas, page 47:

However, some harmless species belong to this genus, an example is the Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea), considered by some as the queen of mushrooms, the most exquisite.


falsa oronja

From falsa (“false”) + oronja (“Caesar's mushroom”).

Esta especie podría confundirse con la falsa oronja o mata moscas (Amanita muscaria) común en nuestro país y muy venenosa,

This species could be mistaken for the fly garlic or "fly killer" (Amanita muscaira), common in our country and very poisonous,

la falsa oronja (Amanita muscaria), muy llamativa por su sombrerillo rojo con placas blancas, pero muy venenosa.

1957, S. Alvarado, Ciencias naturales: 5º curso del Bachillerato, Plan de 1957, page 58:

the fly agaric, which is very striking for it's red cap and white spots, but is also very poisonous.


oronja verde

[oˌɾõŋ.xa ˈβ̞eɾ.ð̞e]

From oronja (“Caesar's mushroom”) + verde (“green”, literally “green Caesar's mushroom”).


patí

Luciopimelodus pati, a South American species of catfish.


culebro

Inherited from Old Spanish culuebro, from Latin colubrum.


grosella roja

es-noun

grosella roja f (plural grosellas rojas)


tordillo

Tordylium maximum
Tordylium maximum#Translingual


alcornoque

From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus.


acedera

Inherited from Late Latin acētāria (“vegetables prepared with oil and vinegar; vinaigrette seasoned greens; salad”).

inh+

Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosa#Translingual

sorrel (Rumex acetosa, common sorrel plant with acidic leaves, used for seasoning salad due to its sour taste)


mochuelo

Athene noctua
Athene noctua#Translingual


perro de mil leches

es-noun

perro de mil leches m (plural perros de mil leches)


marsopa

Borrowed from French and Old French marsoupe, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *marisuppa (“porpoise”), from Latin mare (“sea”) + Proto-Germanic *supô (“to drink, sip”).


salamanquesa

From salamandra, reshaped under the influence of the demonym due to the association of the University of Salamanca with black magic.


cámbaro

From Vulgar Latin *gambarus, from Latin gammarus, cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros).


yero

Syncopated from yervo, from Latin ervum.

Vicia ervilia
Vicia ervilia#Translingual

any variety of bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)


tunco

Dale de comer a los tuncos.

2000-05-07, Lito Montalvo, "Don Lito viaja a Palestina". In: El Diario de Hoy. Newspaper (online version). Accessed 2013-07-04.
[…]dormimos desde las nueve de la noche que apagan el generador hasta las 6 de la mañana, cuando empiezan a cantar los gallos y a gruñir los tuncos.

[…] we slept from nine at night, when they turn off the generator, until six in the morning, when the roosters start crowing and the pigs start grunting.


grajo

grajo m (plural grajos, feminine graja, feminine plural grajas)

grajos (plural)
graja (feminine)
grajas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *graclu(s), syncopated form of Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare English grackle, Italian gracchio, and Portuguese gralho.

cuando el grajo vuela bajo, hace un frío del carajo

a kind of bird:
San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)

great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

great-tailed grackle
great-tailed grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus
Quiscalus mexicanus#Translingual

(Cuba, Puerto Rico) white stopper Eugenia axillaris

a kind of plant:
white stopper Eugenia axillaris

(Dominican Republic) white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)

a kind of plant:
white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)


tangara

[t̪ãŋˈɡa.ɾa]


majagua

Borrowed from Taíno mahou. Cognate with English mahoe.


tigrillo

any small spotted jungle cat, usually referring to the oncilla or the margay


calafate

calafate m or f by sense (plural calafates)


rorcual aliblanco

rorcual aliblanco m (plural rorcuales aliblancos)

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera acutorostrata#Translingual

common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)


pipián

(Mexico) a type of sauce made with pumpkin seeds or almonds, toasted corn and green chili

(Mexico) a type of stew made with such sauce


bellaco

bellaco m (plural bellacos, feminine bellaca, feminine plural bellacas)

bellacos (plural)
bellaca (feminine)
bellacas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: bilyako

→ Italian: vigliacco

→ Piedmontese: viliach

desctree

→ Portuguese: velhaco
→ Kabuverdianu: bidjáku

plátano bellaco

Vendemos plátano bellaco a bajo precio

Imparten nuevas técnicas de abono para cultivo de plátano bellaco

New fertilizing techniques taught for growing plantain


barrigona

Iriartea deltoidea, a South and Central American palm.


bóxer

(historical) Boxer (a participant in the Boxer Rebellion in China)


loroco

¿Vas a querer tus pupusas con loroco?
Will you want your pupusas with loroco?

loroco flowers, commonly used in pupusas


gallo de la peña

es-noun

gallo de la peña m (plural gallos de la peña)


guaro

According to the DRAE, from the same root as guarapo, ultimately from Quechua [Term?].

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala) guaro, a clear liquor distilled from sugar cane juice


olinguito

→ English: olinguito


comuña

From Latin commūnia, neuter plural of commūnis (“common, general”).

any seed, grain or oat, except barley, rye, or wheat


sábila

→ Hiligaynon: sabila

En la casa donde crece la sávila no entran los Brujos.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 203:


múgil

Borrowed from Latin mugil. Doublet of mújol.


escalesia

Borrowed from translingual Scalesia, from English Scales (an error for the surname of William Alexander Stables) + Latin -ia.

a type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia


orito

From oro (“gold”) + -ito, literally “little golden one”.

suffix

(Latin America) a type of bright yellow, sweet miniature banana


chihuahueño

es-noun

chihuahueño m (plural chihuahueños, feminine chihuahueña, feminine plural chihuahueñas)

chihuahueños (plural)
chihuahueña (feminine)
chihuahueñas (feminine plural)

Chihuahua (the breed of dog or an individual Chihuahua of this breed)


hierbaluisa

Aloysia triphylla
Wikispecies:Aloysia triphylla

lemon verbena (shrub, Aloysia triphylla)


tojo

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *toju or similar; compare Portuguese tojo, Asturian toxu, Galician toxo.


muérdago

Inherited from Old Spanish mórdago, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly Basque miur. Alternatively from Latin mordicus.


jicote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl xīcohtli (“bumblebee”).

cog

(Central America, Mexico, Louisiana, Texas) bumblebee


cantueso

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *chamaethusius, from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, ground”) and θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), meaning "incense of the earth".


flor de Nochebuena

es-noun

flor de Nochebuena f (plural flores de Nochebuena)


pastor alemán

pastor alemán m (plural pastores alemanes, feminine pastora alemana, feminine plural pastoras alemanas)

pastores alemanes (plural)
pastora alemana (feminine)
pastoras alemanas (feminine plural)


gallito

(Venezuela, chiefly in the plural) popcorn


esmerejón

Inherited from Old Spanish esmerejón, esmerijón, calque of Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril, from Medieval Latin smerillus, from Proto-West Germanic *smiril, from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz.


estornino pinto

estornino pinto m (plural estorninos pintos)


estornino común

estornino común m (plural estorninos comunes)


estornino europeo

estornino europeo m (plural estorninos europeos)


chilchote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlchotl (“green chili pepper”).

bor+

(Mexico) a spicy, green variety of chili pepper used in cooking


marta cibelina

es-noun

marta cibelina f (plural martas cibelinas)

Martes zibellina
Martes zibellina#Translingual


soldadito

(Honduras) blackbird (bird of the family Icteridae)


acuyo

(Mexico) Mexican pepperleaf, root beer plant, an aromatic herb used in Mexican cuisine (Piper auritum)


náyade

From Latin Naiadem, from Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).


sicomoro americano

sicomoro americano m (plural sicomoros americanos)

Platanus occidentalis
Platanus occidentalis#Translingual

American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis


alpiste

→ French: alpiste

→ Galician: alpiste

desc

→ Portuguese: alpiste, (Portugal) alpista

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.


hiedra venenosa

es-noun

hiedra venenosa f (plural hiedras venenosas)


emborrachacabras

emborrachacabras m (plural emborrachacabras)

Verb-object compound, composed of emborracha (“to inebriate”) + cabras (“goats”).

es-verb-obj

Coriaria myrtifolia
Wikispecies:Coriaria myrtifolia


alegría de la casa

es-noun

alegría de la casa f (plural alegrías de la casa)

busy Lizzy (plant), Impatiens walleriana


enjertal

From obsolete enjerto (“grafted plant”) (modern injerto) + -al.


chía

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl chiyan.

Salvia hispanica
Wikispecies:Salvia hispanica


zorro gris

South American gray fox
South American gray fox


zorro patagónico

zorro patagónico m (plural zorros patagónicos)


mono aullador

mono aullador m (plural monos aulladores)


gocha

gocha f (plural gochas, masculine gocho, masculine plural gochos)

gochas (plural)
gocho (masculine)
gochos (masculine plural)


paseriforme

es-adj

paseriforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural paseriformes)

paseriformes (feminine masculine plural)


sémola

semolina, grits, meal (coarsely ground cereal)


jacarandá

jacaranda (any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers)


atocha

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الطوجة (aṭ-ṭáwča), from an Iberian substrate language.


candil

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Latin candēla. Doublet of candela.

a fish of the family Holocentridae; a squirrelfish or soldierfish


centáurea

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual


espelta

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual

Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta#Translingual

spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta or Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta)


dendrita

a collection of minerals formed in tree branches that grow into rock fissures


canónigo

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.

slbor

corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)


pato arlequín

es-noun

pato arlequín m (plural patos arlequines)


picogordo

es-adj

picogordo (feminine picogorda, masculine plural picogordos, feminine plural picogordas)

picogorda (feminine)
picogordos (masculine plural)
picogordas (feminine plural)


gato montés

desc

→ Isthmus Zapotec: mistuꞌ guiꞌxhiꞌ (calque)

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cuayojmisto̱n (calque)

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: mistu cuhu (calque)

Felis silvestris
Felis silvestris#Translingual

Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus#Translingual

(southern Mexico) gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)


moscardón

blowfly, bottlefly (large flies, especially of the family Calliphoridae)


vencejo

From older oncejo, from Old Spanish onceja, from Vulgar Latin *uncic(u)la, from Latin uncus, or from a Vulgar Latin *vinciculum, from vinculum.


chochín

[t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃĩn]

From chocha (“woodcock”) + -ín (“diminutive suffix”).


endrino

From endrina (“sloe, blackthorn”), from earlier andrina, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *ādrīna, evolution of *ātrīna (“black plum”), from Classical Latin āter (“black”).


macal

Lo anterior ordena que se traiga un tubérculo de macal (Xanthosoma nigrum), un aroideo americano del que podían emplearse como comestibles las hojas y los retoños, del mismo modo que sus tubérculos.

2004, Sophie D. Coe, Las primeras cocinas de América, Fondo de Cultura Económica, →ISBN, page 233:


chuchupate

→ English: chuchupate

(Mexico) balsam of Peru, Myroxylon balsamum


arazá

a tropical South American plant, Eugenia stipitata


camalote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl camalotl.

bor+

Pontederia crassipes (a tropical aquatic plant from South America, in the family Pontederiaceae, that appears to form floating islands)


tiburón tigre

es-noun

tiburón tigre m (plural tiburones tigres or tiburones tigre)

tiburones tigres (plural)
tiburones tigre (plural)


cunaguaro

any small spotted jungle cat, usually referring to the ocelot or the oncilla


yaguarundí

yaguarundí m (plural yaguarundís or yaguarundíes)

yaguarundís (plural)
yaguarundíes (plural)

[ɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞wa.ɾũn̪ˈd̪i]

[ɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞wa.ɾũn̪ˈd̪i]


cohoba

Anadenanthera peregrina, a South American tree.


bagual

es-adj

bagual m or f (masculine and feminine plural baguales)


sicómoro occidental

es-noun

sicómoro occidental m (plural sicómoros occidentales)


abeja melífera

abeja melífera f (plural abejas melíferas)


abrojo terrestre

abrojo terrestre m (plural abrojos terrestres)

Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris#Translingual


abrótano

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrotanum, from Latin abrotonum.


porongo

Borrowed from Quechua purunku (“calabash, plant and fruit and vessel of the calabash vine”), itself probably an ancient wanderwort from the South Sea for an inedible variety of calabash vine.


acedera común

es-noun

acedera común f (plural acederas comunes)


acentor

(zoology) accentor (bird of the Prunella genus)


acure

(Colombia, Venezuela) guinea pig (rodent)


agachona

Gallirallus striatus
Gallirallus striatus#Translingual


aguaymanto

Physalis peruviana
Physalis peruviana#Translingual

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) (plant)


aguilucho alas largas

aguilucho alas largas m (plural aguiluchos alas largas)

Buteo albicaudatus
Buteo albicaudatus#Translingual


aguilucho de cola rojiza

aguilucho de cola rojiza m (plural aguiluchos de cola rojiza)

Buteo ventralis
Buteo ventralis#Translingual


aguilucho negro

aguilucho negro m (plural aguiluchos negros)

Buteo albonotatus
Buteo albonotatus#Translingual


agutí

agouti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs)


agáloco

Borrowed from New Latin agallochum, from Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon), ἀγάλλοχον (agállokhon), a loanword from a Middle Eastern language.


águila parda

Buteo polyosoma
Buteo polyosoma#Translingual


ajo de oso

Calque of Latin Allium ursinum (literally “bear garlic”).

calque

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual


albura

From albo + -ura, or taken from Late Latin albūra, from Latin albus. Compare Portuguese alvura.


alcaucil

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a Medieval Latin form *capicella for capitia, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

bor

(Argentina, Uruguay, Andalusia, Extremadura) artichoke (vegetable)


alcaudón

From Andalusian Arabic القَبْطُون (*al-qabṭún), from Arabic قُبْطان (qubṭān).

der

shrike (any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns)


monotrema

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”) and New Latin trema (“aperture”), from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).


alcedón

Borrowed from Latin alcēdinem, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”). Adapted to -ón.


alción

Borrowed from Latin halcyōn, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).


guardarrío

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + río (“river”).


alcélafo

Alcelaphus buselaphus
Wikispecies:Alcelaphus buselaphus


alcotán

From Andalusian Arabic القُطَان (al-quṭan), from Arabic قَطَام (qaṭām).


algarrobo loco

es-noun

algarrobo loco m (plural algarrobos locos)

Cercis siliquastrum
Cercis siliquastrum#Translingual


alhelí

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy) with the same meaning.


alheña

Inherited from Old Spanish alhenna, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of alcana.

Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis#Translingual

henna (shrub (Lawsonia inermis) and dye)


alitán

Scyliorhinus stellaris
Scyliorhinus stellaris#Translingual


almiquí

es-noun

almiquí m (plural almiquís or almiquíes)

→ Catalan: almiquí

→ English: almiqui

→ Finnish: almikki

Of obscure origin, possibly from two different Ciboney or Taíno words as it is native to Cuba. almizcle (“musk”) and almizclero (“muskrat”) are similar, but probably unrelated.

unk

obscure

(Cuba) Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana) (small nocturnal insectivorous mammal with long snout and venomous saliva native to Cuba)


altramuz

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic التَرْمُوس (at-tarmús), from Arabic تُرْمُس (turmus, “lupin”), via Aramaic from Akkadian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/), from Sumerian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/).

bor+

lupin (any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae)


anguila eléctrica

es-noun

anguila eléctrica f (plural anguilas eléctricas)


anjova

Borrowed from Catalan anxova (“anchovy”), in turn from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”). Doublet of anchoa and anchova.

bor+

Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomatomus saltatrix#Translingual

(Canary Islands) bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)


anteburro

From ante (“elk; tapir”) + burro (“donkey”).

(Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)


picudo

es-adj

picudo (feminine picuda, masculine plural picudos, feminine plural picudas)

picuda (feminine)
picudos (masculine plural)
picudas (feminine plural)


tenca

tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)


salteador

es-noun

salteador m (plural salteadores, feminine salteadora, feminine plural salteadoras)

salteadores (plural)
salteadora (feminine)
salteadoras (feminine plural)

marauder (one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder)

highwayman (person who robs travellers on roads)


vacas gordas

los años de las vacas gordas

El año 83 hallome, pues, con una merma considerable en mi fortuna y con cierta tendencia a trocar la condición de rentista por la de propietario. Mi cuenta corriente no me recordaba, ni con mucho, el apólogo de las vacas gordas, pues tanto la ordeñé, que hubo de terminar el año en los puros huesos.

1884-1885, Benito Pérez Galdós, Lo prohibido:


somorgujo

From a derivative of Latin mergus, with various theories existing on the intermediate form: one derives it from the variant form somorgujón, from a Vulgar Latin *merguliōnem, later influenced by Latin submergō (compare Portuguese mergulho, mergulhão, Galician mergullón, somorgullo, Leonese mergollón). Another etymology often considered is deverbal from somorgujar, from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *submerguc(u)lāre, although this is unlikely for several reasons, one being that the verb was never used as much as this noun. Also possibly is a derivative of Latin mergulus through a verb *merguliāre (compare Portuguese megulhar), with later influence from submergō. Compare also Italian marangone, smergo.


codeso

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cutisus, from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos). Doublet of cítiso.


acial

From earlier aciar, from Andalusian Arabic الزِيَار (az-ziyār), from Arabic زِيَار (ziyār).


chara

Any of a number of jays of the Corvidae family.


tordo renegrido

tordo renegrido m (plural tordos renegridos)

Molothrus bonariensis
Molothrus bonariensis#Translingual


yos

(Costa Rica) gum tree (Sapium glandulosum)


quinua

→ Catalan: quinoa

desctree

→ English: quinoa
→ Welsh: cwinoa
→ Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa)

→ Dutch: quinoa

→ French: quinoa

→ German: Quinoa

→ Italian: quinoa

→ Portuguese: quinoa


dicdic

Borrowed from English dik-dik, of imitative origin.


aderno

Borrowed from Portuguese aderno (“buckthorn”)


carnaúba

Borrowed from Portuguese carnaúba, or directly from Old Tupi karana'yba.

Copernicia prunifera
Wikispecies:Copernicia prunifera

carnauba (Copernicia prunifera, a palm tree of South America)


chicharro

Atlantic horse mackerel
Atlantic horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus
Trachurus trachurus#Translingual

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)


macana

Las figuras antropomorfas de madera representaban los espíritus tutelares de los niños o de los adultos y las de balso o macana eran empleadas para curaciones, una para cada enfermedad.

2003, Hernando Forero Caballero, Fundamentos sociológicos de la medicina primitiva, Academia Nacional de Medicina, page 53:

The anthropomorphic wooden figures represented the tutelar spirits of children or adults and those made of balsa or peach palm were used in healings, one for each ailment.

(uncountable) the wood of the peach palm


canaigre

En el informe en cuestión se da un cuadro que demuestra que el canaigre de uno ó dos años era riquísimo en tal material, en muestras procedentes de las tierras margosas de Florencia, de las arenosas de la propia comarca y de las arenosas de las riberas del río de la Sal.

1894, “Un Nuevo Tanino”, in Boletin de agricultura, minería é industrias, numbers 1-3, page 189:

Canaigre es el nombre comercial de la raíz de una especie debardana amarilla, conocida por los botánicos como Rumex Hymenosepalus, una planta perenne, o hierba, llamada ruibarbo silvestre.

El tanino rara vez se usa solo; generalmente se mezcla con carbonato, hidrato o silicato sódico. El tanino se obtiene de una gran variedad de fuentes, entre las cuales figuran las cortezas de pinabete y roble, el quebracho, el canaigre, la raiz de palmito, el zumaque y el dividivi.

1920 May, El ingeniero y contratista: Revista dedicada exclusivamente a mequinaria y asuntos de ingenieria, →OCLC, page 33:


capirote

(folklore) a type of tall pointed hat worn for certain festivals

Sylvia atricapilla
Sylvia atricapilla#Translingual


palo blanco

Various plants
Calycophyllum multiflorum


mahonesa

(botany) Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima


percán

Borrowed from Mapudungun perkan (“mold”).


albarda

From Arabic البَرْدَعَة (al-bardaʕa, “packsaddle”).


monito del monte

es-noun

monito del monte m (plural monitos del monte)

monito del monte
monito del monte#English


ofiura

Borrowed from New Latin ophiūra (“brittle star”), from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) (referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star).


zumaya

Cómo canta la zumaya / ¡ay, cómo canta en el árbol!

1927, Federico García Lorca, “Romance de la luna, luna”, in Romancero Gitano:


aceituno

(El Salvador, Honduras) a plant in the genus Simarouba


simaruba

From a Cariban language; compare French simarouba.

(Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela) A plant in the genus Simarouba.


hortelano

es-noun

hortelano m (plural hortelanos, feminine hortelana, feminine plural hortelanas)

hortelanos (plural)
hortelana (feminine)
hortelanas (feminine plural)


autillo

Perhaps from the base *aut, imitative of its call, + -illo. Or, from Vulgar Latin *ōtellus, a diminutive of Ancient Greek ὠτός (ōtós), genitive of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), referring to its ears.

onomatopoeic

imitative


búfalo de agua

es-noun

búfalo de agua m (plural búfalos de agua)


viduño

From Late Latin *vītōneum, from vītis (“vine”) + -ō (agentive suffix) + -eus (attributive suffix).

af

a kind of grape or a certain quality of grape.


verónica

an act in bullfighting where the matador lets his cloak trail over the bull's head


avestruz de América

es-noun

avestruz de América m (plural avestruces de América)


algólogo

algólogo m (plural algólogos, feminine algóloga, feminine plural algólogas)

algólogos (plural)
algóloga (feminine)
algólogas (feminine plural)


escribano

escribano m (plural escribanos, feminine escribana, feminine plural escribanas)

escribanos (plural)
escribana (feminine)
escribanas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish escriván, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from alteration of declension from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”). Doublet of escriba, a borrowing.


jineta

All the senses come from jinete except the sense referring to the genet, which is of uncertain origin but may also be from or cognate to jinete.

a style of riding of a horse that requires one to bend one's legs while vertical from the knees up

a short sword once carried by an infantry captain


hornero

→ English: hornero


rejalgar

Borrowed from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, “realgar”, literally “cave dust”).

bor+

رَهْج اَلْغَار

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica

(Oaxaca) tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)

Colocasia antiquorum
Colocasia antiquorum


homínido

es-adj

homínido (feminine homínida, masculine plural homínidos, feminine plural homínidas)

homínida (feminine)
homínidos (masculine plural)
homínidas (feminine plural)


lirio de mar

Cognates include French lis de mer and Occitan liri de mar.


galleta de mar

es-noun

galleta de mar f (plural galletas de mar)


espardeña

Borrowed from Catalan espardenya (“espadrille”).

bor+

a sea cucumber of species Stichopus regalis


tiburón peregrino

es-noun

tiburón peregrino m (plural tiburones peregrinos)


sauropodomorfo

sauropodomorfo m (plural sauropodomorfos)


anquilosáurido

anquilosáurido m (plural anquilosáuridos)


paquicefalosaurio

paquicefalosaurio m (plural paquicefalosaurios)


lombriz de tierra

lombriz de tierra m (plural lombrices de tierra)


arrayán

Borrowed from Arabic الرَيْحَان (ar-rayḥān, “myrtle”).


desmán

No que fuera ésta provocada por Genaro, que tratase él de imponerse, que su conducta, su actitud, hubiesen nunca acosado de su parte el más ligero desmán, la más pequeña licencia.

1887, Eugenio Cambaceres, En la sangre, chapter 29:


abeto de Douglas

es-noun

abeto de Douglas m (plural abetos de Douglas)

Douglas fir (conifer of genus Pseudotsuga)


alcana

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ). Doublet of alheña.


platanero

platanero m (plural plataneros, feminine platanera, feminine plural plataneras)

plataneros (plural)
platanera (feminine)
plataneras (feminine plural)


amonite

(paleontology) ammonite (extinct cephalopod)


marrajo

→ Catalan: marraix

shortfin mako shark, blue pointer (Isurus oxyrinchus)


tunicado

tunicate (any of the chordate marine animals of the subphylum Urochordata (syn. Tunicata))


arjorán

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān), from Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא / ܐܰܪܓܽܘܳܢܳܐ (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu).

der

אַרְגְּוָונָא

Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא


escualo

Borrowed from Latin squalus (18th century).


palma aceitera

es-noun

palma aceitera f (plural palmas aceiteras)


pececillo de plata

pececillo de plata m (plural pececillos de plata)


garza azulada

garza azulada f (plural garzas azuladas)


garza imperial

garza imperial f (plural garzas imperiales)


garceta grande

garceta grande f (plural garcetas grandes)


pato silbador

pato silbador m (plural patos silbadores)


suirirí

suirirí m (plural suirirís or suiriríes)


guacharaca

→ Murui Huitoto: vatarago


hoacín

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huāctzin.


guacharaca de agua

es-noun

guacharaca de agua f (plural guacharacas de agua)


caballito del diablo

caballito del diablo m (plural caballitos del diablo)


isóptero

es-adj

isóptero (feminine isóptera, masculine plural isópteros, feminine plural isópteras)

isóptera (feminine)
isópteros (masculine plural)
isópteras (feminine plural)


himenóptero

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).


halcón peregrino

es-noun

halcón peregrino m (plural halcones peregrinos)


procesionaria

Ayer noche, el Rock Fest desplegó su república autónoma en Can Zam, en Santa Coloma de Gramanet, y al pie de los bloques coloreados que reptan por la colina en Can Franquesa, los fans del heavy acudieron como procesionarias a los pinos.

2015 July 24, “Algunas maneras de vivir”, in El País:


xoloscuintle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōlōitzcuintli.

bor+

En cambio, en las fotografías de Freund la vemos, por ejemplo, dar de comer a los patos del estanque, mientras sus xoloscuintles revolotean a su alrededor, como queriendo pescar alguna migaja.

2015 July 23, “Giséle Freund en México”, in El País:


canchalagua

→ English: canchalagua


lampazo

→ Basque: lanbas

→ Neapolitan: lampazzo

→ Tagalog: lampaso

→ Tausug: lampasu

From the neuter of Latin lappāceus from Latin lappa (“burdock”) which also has been confused with lapathium, lapathum (“sorrel”), compare Galician lampaza.

(Uruguay) squeegee mop (the tool Uruguayans prefer for mopping)


pardela

Tanto desde la Universitat de Barcelona como desde el Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (Imedea/UIB/CSIC) llevan a cabo estudios financiados por la Fundación Biodiversidad para detectar, cuantificar y plantear soluciones al grave impacto que supone la pesca en general y el palangre en particular para especies de pardelas, gaviotas y cormoranes.

2015 July 28, “Láser para pescar merluza y ahuyentar gaviotas”, in El País:

Calonectris diomedea
Calonectris diomedea#Translingual

shearwater (Calonectris diomedea, a seabird of the Atlantic and Mediterranean)


branca ursina

es-noun

branca ursina f (plural brancas ursinas)


avetorillo

A partir de ahí fue un no parar: combatiente, morito (que depredan el caracol manzana), garcilla cangrejera, un avetorillo aplastado en un camino (Dick levantó el cadáver apesadumbrado como si fuera de un pariente).

2015 September 20, ““¡Águila pescadora sobre tu cabeza!””, in El País:


collalba

En la isla de Buda, yo estaba ya tan integrado -sobre todo al hallar una muda de culebra bastarda, no decir tonterías y repartir caramelos del hotel- que Shirihai me confesó su amor por las collalbas y petreles, “el ave que más hace latir mi corazón”.


misgurno

Vera, no obstante, lamenta la detección este mismo año del misgurno (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) en uno de los humedales artificiales que se están restaurando dentro del programa LIFE Albufera.

2015 September 27, “La delgada línea roja frente a las especies invasoras”, in El País:

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus#Translingual

the pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)


guatambú

Borrowed from Guaraní yvá (“fruit”) + tambú (“edible larva of Coleoptera sp.”)

Pero no son todos bosques nativos, de árboles y arbustos pindó, yuquerí, bambú, alecrín, ambay y guatambú, con las lianas típicas de la selva misionera.

2015 October 2, “Los ‘sin tierra’ argentinos, contra la industria forestal”, in El País:

Balfourodendron riedelianum; its wood susceptible to borers.


majuelo

No tiene bodega porque prefiere localizar el majuelo con el que dibujar su visión del vino.

2015 September 18, “Bailarina 2014, elegantemente almendrado”, in El País:

Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna#Translingual


espolonero

Sin embargo, Dani nos puso los dientes largos cantando la belleza de aves como el espolonero de Palaguán, su favorito el quetzal guatemalteco, el ave del paraíso republicana (!), o el gallito de roca guayanés, que nos animó a ver al menos una vez en la vida (Dios lo quiera).


pergolero

Un joven atractivo con aspecto de volver de marcha resultó ser el asturiano Dani López-Velasco, uno de los más reputados guías de viajes para ver pájaros del mundo, de la empresa Bird Quest, recién llegado de Papúa y de aventuras sin cuento –en una ocasión les detuvo la observación de casuarios y pergoleros una guerra tribal-.


quelenquelén

(Chile) one of two species of polygalaceous plants, either Polygala stricta or Monnina linearifolia


olluco

→ English: ulluco

Quién sabe, quizá dentro de unas décadas la pasta de ají amarillo, limo y rocoto, los moles, el olluco y el achiote, la salsa de anticuchos y el aderezo especiado de los adobos serranos formarán parte de nuestro recetario doméstico, o cuando menos de nuestro registro cotidiano de sabores familiares.

2015 October 30, “La huella latina en España”, in El País:


calamón

Borrowed from Arabic قلمون (qalamūn), from Ancient Greek ὑποκάλαμον (hupokálamon), from κάλαμον (kálamon).

Aparte de los itinerarios 1 y 2, ambos territorio del calamón y el aguilucho lagunero, hay que incluir en nuestro paseo (si puede ser a las 9 de la mañana), el observatorio sobre la profunda laguna de Ses Pardes, donde se atisban somormujos y anátidas.

2015 November 4, “Diez hábitats costeros únicos en España”, in El País:

Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio#Translingual

the western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)


pavezno

pavezno m (plural paveznos, feminine pavezna, feminine plural paveznas)

paveznos (plural)
pavezna (feminine)
paveznas (feminine plural)


gamezno

gamezno m (plural gameznos, feminine gamezna, feminine plural gameznas)

gameznos (plural)
gamezna (feminine)
gameznas (feminine plural)


naranjero

naranjero m (plural naranjeros, feminine naranjera, feminine plural naranjeras)

naranjeros (plural)
naranjera (feminine)
naranjeras (feminine plural)


paloma torcaz

paloma torcaz f (plural palomas torcaces)

Soy palomo torcaz / Dejádme en paz

1971, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Vagabundear”:

La media veda es un periodo, que se abre en verano y tiene casi un mes de duración, en el que se permite la caza de ciertas especies, como la paloma torcaz, la tórtola común y la codorniz.

2015 September 25, “Rapaces tiroteadas en la media veda”, in El País:

The half-closed season is a period which opens in summer and lasts for about a month in which hunting of particular species is permitted, such as the wood pigeon, the common turtledove, and the quail.


pejerrey

Cuando comemos algo tan nuestro como los pejerreyes los picorocos o los piure se produce una conexión, porque la cocina es un espejo cósmico, en el que todas nuestras emociones se entrelazan en una olla con una cuchara”.

2015 July 30, “Mauricio Cicali, el alma del Bar Liguria”, in El País:

any of various fish, known in English as smelts, grunions, or silversides


caulerpa

La caulerpa es capaz de reestructurar la red trófica y de cambiar el paisaje submarino".

2015 November 14, “Del Índico a Mallorca en una bolsa de plástico”, in El País:

Caulerpa is capable of restructuring the food web and changing the undersea landscape.


lazarillo

From Lázaro + -illo, after the title character of Lazarillo de Tormes who acts as a guide to a blind man.

Ten en cuenta su ritmo, si se repiten, son aislados, cómo interactúan… Y para los paseantes más atrevidos, Atienza sugiere que busquen a alguien que les haga de lazarillo y, con los ojos cerrados, se dejen guiar por la ciudad o la naturaleza, sin prisas y con los oídos “muy abiertos”.

2015 September 29, “Mapa de los sonidos de nuestro mundo”, in El País:

La entrevista que Borges nos concedió tuvo lugar en el modesto departamento del centro de Buenos Aires donde vive, acompañado de una empleada que le sirve también de lazarillo, pues Borges perdió la vista hace años, y de un gato de angora al que ha bautizado con el nombre de Beppo porque, nos dijo, así se llamaba el gato de un poeta inglés que admira: Lord Byron.

2020 June 13, Mario Vargas Llosa, “Borges en su casa. Una entrevista de Mario Vargas Llosa”, in El País:

guide (especially for vision impairment)


machote

Borrowed from Nahuatl machiotl (“example, model”)

bor+

(Central America, Mexico) model (a successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.)


gamitana

En ellas se crían tanto la taricaya como otras tortugas —la motelo y la matamata—, el propio paiche o la gamitana, otro pescado singular.

2015 November 20, “Tortugas, paiches y gamitanas”, in El País:


paiche

Arapaima gigas es el nombre científico del gigantesco paiche amazónico —pirarucú en Brasil—, un pez extraordinario que puede superar los 200 kilos de peso, y el fundo es una sucesión de pozas que se alternan con praderas ocupando unas 80 hectáreas de terreno.


cruceta

(video games) cross-shaped video game controller; d-pad


saltarrocas

Verb-object compound, composed of salta (“to jump”) + rocas (“rocks”).


cuerno de chivo

es-noun

cuerno de chivo m (plural cuernos de chivo)

Literally, “goat’s horn”. Sense 1 is in reference to the curved magazines fitted to Kalashnikov-pattern firearms, likened to the curvature of a goat's horn.


clerodendro

Destacan la palmera canaria, la sterlizia gigante, el clerodendro, el crinum, el apio de mar y el salado verde.

2015 October 5, “Fulgor sesentero sobre el acantilado”, in El País:

any of the plants in the genus Clerodendrum


branquia

Y me apuesto las branquias a que alguien pregunta: “¿Qué demonios es eso del agua?”

2015 November 22, “Columna”, in El País:


batracio

es-adj

batracio (feminine batracia, masculine plural batracios, feminine plural batracias)

batracia (feminine)
batracios (masculine plural)
batracias (feminine plural)


yagrumo

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.mo]

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.mo]

any number of tropical trees, most notably pumpwoods and umbrella trees


yagruma

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.ma]

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.ma]


chicatana

Atta mexicana, a leaf-cutter ant eaten as a delicacy in central and southern Mexico.


pacaya

En los belenes se empleaban productos propios de la región, como musgo, manzanilla, hoja de pacaya y flor de pascua.

2015 December, “Nochebuena antigua”, in Prensa Libre:

Costa Rican bamboo palm
Costa Rican bamboo palm

Chamaedorea costaricana
Chamaedorea costaricana

Costa Rican bamboo palm (Chamaedorea costaricana)


arroyuelo

hyssop loosestrife (Lythrum hyssopifolia)


garnacha

→ Belizean Creole: garnaaches (from the plural form)

Borrowed from Occitan garnacha, from Italian guarnaccia.

a type of food made from corn tortilla (not rolled up) filled with various ingredients


garnacha

Borrowed from Catalan garnatxa, from Old Catalan vernatxa, from Italian vernaccia.


guillomo

Por este camino (circular, de 4,6 kilómetros, bien señalizado) se ven además hayas, rebollos, serbales, mostajos y guillomos que el otoño pinta de los más vivos colores.

2015 September 25, “10 escapadas de puro otoño”, in El País:


pilcha

Borrowed from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).

bor+

(Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay) each element of the riding tack, such as a stirrup or saddle


tapaculo

Verb-object compound, composed of tapa (“to cover”) + culo (“ass/arse”), possibly as a reinterpretation of an onomatopoeia of its call.


estreptococo

From Scientific Latin streptococcus, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós) and κόκκος (kókkos).

streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)


dinoflagelado

dinoflagellate (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata)


torito

→ English: torito

→ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: torito

(Chile) thornfish (fish of the family Bovichtidae)

(Colombia) A traditional carnival dance originating in Barranquilla.


almorrana

→ Cebuano: almoranas

→ Tagalog: almoranas

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *haemorrheuma, from Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) + ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). The first syllable was formed by analogy with other Spanish words borrowed from Arabic with the article اَل (al-, “the”). Cognate with Galician almorrá, partly with Portuguese almorroida and almorreima, and possibly with Catalan morena.


elefante marino

es-noun

elefante marino m (plural elefantes marinos)


holoturoideo

sea cucumber, holothuroidean (marine echinoderm)


gavilán herrumbroso

gavilán herrumbroso m (plural gavilanes herrumbrosos)


pleuronectiforme

pleuronectiforme m (plural pleuronectiformes)

flounder (any fish of the order Pleuronectiformes)


pato friso

Mareca strepera
Mareca strepera#Translingual


calamar gigante

calamar gigante m (plural calamares gigantes)


hiedra terrestre

hiedra terrestre f (plural hiedras terrestres)


buitre leonado

buitre leonado m (plural buitres leonados)


perdiz pardilla

perdiz pardilla f (plural perdices pardillas)


verderón

From Latin vireō, vireōnem, with influence from verde (“green”).


porrón bastardo

porrón bastardo m (plural porrones bastardos)


somormujo lavanco

somormujo lavanco m (plural somormujos lavancos)


chupaflor

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + flor (“flower”).

es-verb-obj

(Colombia, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) hummingbird


visitaflor

Verb-object compound, composed of visita (“to visit”) + flor (“flower”).


gorrión común

es-noun

gorrión común m (plural gorriones comunes)


cangrejo ermitaño

cangrejo ermitaño m (plural cangrejos ermitaños)


pez mantequilla

pez mantequilla f (plural peces mantequilla)


burdégano

Cognate to Portuguese bordegão, Catalan bordegàs. Of disputed origin. Probably from Late Latin burdus (“bastard”). Likely containing Latin burdō (“hinny”), but according to others bastardo, Catalan bordo, and the second element is with doubts Latin equus (“horse”), the end the typical unstressed suffix -ano.

unknown

disputed


lince ibérico

es-noun

lince ibérico m (plural linces ibéricos)


dragón de Komodo

dragón de Komodo m (plural dragones de Komodo)


colimbo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos), possibly borrowed through Latin columba (“dove”).


arañuela

love-in-a-mist (any flowering plant of the genus Nigella)


cocuyo

→ Translingual: Cucujus

(Cuba, Dominican Republic) a bioluminescent click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus


tortilla de papas

es-noun

tortilla de papas f (plural tortillas de papas)

(Hispanic Americ, Canary Islands) Spanish omelet


tortilla de patatas

tortilla de patatas f (plural tortillas de patatas)


rata almizclera

rata almizclera f (plural ratas almizcleras)


artemisa

From artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).


cocodrilo de las marismas

cocodrilo de las marismas m (plural cocodrilos de las marismas)


avileño

Sambucus ebulus
Sambucus ebulus#Translingual


carpintero escapulario

carpintero escapulario m (plural carpinteros escapularios)


ánade rabudo

ánade rabudo m or f (plural ánades rabudos)


reinita

a New World warbler (small bird of the family Parulidae), especially the ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)


tiburón oceánico

tiburón oceánico m (plural tiburones oceánicos)

oceanic whitetip shark
oceanic whitetip shark


avíape

From Latin avis (“bird”) + apis (“bee”).

the bee hummingbird, a species of hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, native to Cuba, noted for being the smallest living bird


besaflor

Verb-object compound, composed of besa (“to kiss”) + flor (“flower”).


ceibo

one of several species of trees, principally Erythrina crista-galli


morrón

Al servir, se adorna con tajitas de pimiento morrón y perejil picado, y se coloca por alrededor del ave en el platón de servir.

2015 December, “Deliciosas recetas navideñas de antaño”, in Prensa Libre:

(Argentina, Uruguay, parts of Chile) sweet pepper, bell pepper


pejiguera

Inherited from Latin persicaria (“Persicaria maculosa”) from Latin persicus (“Persian”).


espolón

From espuela + -ón (augmentative suffix).


mono barrigudo

es-noun

mono barrigudo m (plural monos barrigudos)


braco

es-adj

braco (feminine braca, masculine plural bracos, feminine plural bracas)

braca (feminine)
bracos (masculine plural)
bracas (feminine plural)

From Old Occitan brac, bracon, from Proto-Germanic *brakko (“setter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”). Related to Old High German bracchio.


braco

braco de Borbón

Braque du Bourbonnais, Bourbonnais Pointer

braco de Saint Germain

St. Germain Pointing Dog, Braque Saint-Germain

braco italiano

Bracco, Italian Pointer, Bracco Italiano


cará

Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta#Translingual


potranco

es-noun

potranco m (plural potrancos, feminine potranca, feminine plural potrancas)

potrancos (plural)
potranca (feminine)
potrancas (feminine plural)


lavandera

lavandera f (plural lavanderas, masculine lavandero, masculine plural lavanderos)

lavanderas (plural)
lavandero (masculine)
lavanderos (masculine plural)

Así, para elaborar su décimoquinto belén se ha utilizado en torno al 60% de chocolate con leche, un 30% de chocolate blanco, y 10% de chocolate negro, además de los pequeños detalles de mazapán y azúcar, todo ello para más de cien figuras, entre las que se encuentran pastores, mercaderes, lavanderas, fruteros y panaderos, entre otras, además del tradicional misterio con Jesús, María y José.

2015 December, “Un Belén lleno de chocolate”, in El Nacional:


camucamu

→ Portuguese: camu-camu


zúngaro

[ˈθũŋ.ɡa.ɾo]


pulgón

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlicōnem, from Latin pūlicem (“flea”). Compare Portuguese pulgão, Catalan pugó.


pechina

Possibly borrowed from Catalan petxina (itself probably derived ultimately from Latin pectinem) and crossed with clòtxina, or perhaps taken from a Valencian Mozarabic term.

La presentación y firma de los ejemplares se celebrará en la librería United Minds ubicada en la calle Castan Tobeñas 52, Valencia (el principio del Paseo de la pechina).

2016 April 7, “Edjanga Ndjoli Jones presentará en Valencia su libro ”Heredarás la Tierra””, in Diario Rombe, archived from the original on 2016-08-25:


culpeo

Lycalopex culpaeus
Lycalopex culpaeus#Translingual

A canid of species (Lycalopex culpaeus), native to the Andes region of South America.


murajes

From Old Galician-Portuguese muragem (Portuguese murugem, Galician muruxa), from Vulgar Latin *murāginem (“plantain”), of unknown ultimate origin.


eléboro

Borrowed from Latin hellebŏrum, from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros), possibly from ἄλκη (álkē, “fawn”) and βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”).


curil

(El Salvador, Honduras) pustulose ark Anadara tuberculosa


hormigo

De la repostería riojana destacan los hormigos, los mazapanes, los molletes de Santo Domingo de la Calzada y las mejores frutas con vino.

2012 September 27, “Una ruta gastronómica para disfrutar del Camino Francés”, in 20 minutos:

(in the plural, cooking) dessert made with breadcrumbs, roasted nuts and honey


cangrejo de los cocoteros

cangrejo de los cocoteros m (plural cangrejos de los cocoteros)


chaufa

Borrowed from Cantonese 炒飯／炒饭 (caau2 faan6).


huacatay

Borrowed from Quechua wakatay, wakataya.

Pruebe las papas fritas con su salsa carretillera con ají amarillo y huacatay y para quienes les gusta la picardía, elijan la salsa de rocoto.

2016 October 15, “Para disfrutar: 5 nuevas sandwicherías recién instaladas en Santiago que hay que conocer”, in Emol:


liquidámbar

Se puede observar la belleza de 250 tipos de plantas y árboles en los que se destacan los pinos, helechos, liquidámbar, hongos y robles.

2016 August 7, “Un bosque de vida silvestre para recorrer y disfrutar”, in La Prensa:

You can observe the beauty of 250 types of plants and trees in which pines, ferns, sweetgum, mushrooms and oaks stand out.


bisbita

Entre las que aún existen, pero que están en riesgo de desaparecer, se encuentran el gorrión chapulín, la bisbita llanera y el gorrión de Baird.

2016 October 24, “Se extinguen 'aves migratorias'”, in Frontera.info:


fletero

es-adj

fletero (feminine fletera, masculine plural fleteros, feminine plural fleteras)

fletera (feminine)
fleteros (masculine plural)
fleteras (feminine plural)

(of animals) (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) draught (used to carry loads or haul cargo)


fletero

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) draught animal


cabracho

Los gemelos personalizarán recetas típicas de la gastronomía navideña española, como el capón relleno o la sopa navideña con albóndigas de carne, pero también nos sorprenderán con platos como un turrón de foie con frutos secos y un cabracho relleno de manitas de cerdo.

2015 December 20, “TVE-1 apuesta por la cocina de los Torres”, in El Periódico:

bigscale scorpionfish
bigscale scorpionfish

red scorpionfish, bigscale scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)


matraquero

es-noun

matraquero m (plural matraqueros, feminine matraquera, feminine plural matraqueras)

matraqueros (plural)
matraquera (feminine)
matraqueras (feminine plural)

El matraquero es también un ave migratoria que venía en junio y se retiraba en marzo. Comía pescado; cuando lo veía le "bailaba" hasta llegar en círculo sobre él v comérselo con su pico. El matraquero es una ave grande de color pardo.

1998, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, La cosecha del agua en la cuenca de México, page 114: