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