cernícalo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cernicŭlum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈnikalo/ [θeɾˈni.ka.lo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈnikalo/ [seɾˈni.ka.lo]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ikalo
- Syllabification: cer‧ní‧ca‧lo
Noun
cernícalo m (plural cernícalos)
- kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Synonym: mochete
- (colloquial, Spain) lout; clumsy person
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cernícalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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