hambruna
Spanish
Etymology
According to the Colombian grammarian Rufino José Cuervo (1844-1911), the word is a compound of hambre (“hunger”) + perruna (“dog-like”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈbɾuna/ [ãmˈbɾu.na]
- Rhymes: -una
- Syllabification: ham‧bru‧na
Related terms
Further reading
hambruna on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es- “hambruna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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