vencejo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /benˈθexo/ [bẽn̟ˈθe.xo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /benˈsexo/ [bẽnˈse.xo]
Rhymes: -exo
Syllabification: ven‧ce‧jo

Noun

vencejo m (plural vencejos)

swift (bird)

Derived terms

vencejo de chimenea

Further reading

“vencejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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