puerro

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin porrum. Compare the borrowed doublet porro, borrowed through Catalan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpwero/ [ˈpwe.ro]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: pue‧rro

Noun

puerro m (plural puerros)

1. leek

   Synonym: porro

Further reading

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