"quetzal" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ketˈθal/ [Spain], [ket̪ˈθal] [Spain], /keˈtsal/ [Latin-America], [keˈt̪sal] [Latin-America] Forms: quetzales [plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“quetzal feather”). The term for the quetzal bird proper was quetzaltōtōtl. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|nci|quetzalli||quetzal feather|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“quetzal feather”), {{bor+|es|nci|quetzalli||quetzal feather}} Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“quetzal feather”), {{m|nci|quetzaltōtōtl}} quetzaltōtōtl Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} quetzal m (plural quetzales)
  1. quetzal (bird) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-quetzal-es-noun-Od2sUkeZ
  2. quetzal (monetary unit) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Currency Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-quetzal-es-noun-quF8hUrw Disambiguation of Currency: 8 92 Disambiguation of Birds: 29 71 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Quetzalcóatl, Quetzaltenango, trogón

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for quetzal meaning in Spanish (3.1kB)

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