golondrino
Old Spanish
Etymology
Masculine form of golondrina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾino/
Noun
golondrino m (plural golondrinos)
- The chick or young of a barn swallow.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 27r:
- […] p̃o non faz eſta uertud ſi non ſi eſtudieren amas las piedras en uno, o non fueren dun golondrino pollo.
- […] But it does not have this virtue if both stones are not placed in one, or if they are not from the chick of a swallow.
Descendants
- Spanish: golondrino
Spanish
Noun
golondrino m (plural golondrinos, feminine golondrina, feminine plural golondrinas)
Adjective
golondrino (feminine golondrina, masculine plural golondrinos, feminine plural golondrinas)
- (politics, El Salvador, often derogatory) Of or pertaining to the Bukelism.
Further reading
- “golondrino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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