tonina

See also: toniña, toñina, and tónina

Spanish

Alternative forms

toñina

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Catalan tonyina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toˈnina/ [t̪oˈni.na]
Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: to‧ni‧na

Noun

tonina f (plural toninas)

common bottlenose dolphin
tuna

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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