zafiro

Galician

Noun

zafiro m (plural zafiros)

1. sapphire

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaˈfiɾo/ [θaˈfi.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saˈfiɾo/ [saˈfi.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: za‧fi‧ro

Noun

zafiro m (plural zafiros)

1. sapphire

See also

• corindón

Further reading

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