cervato

Galician

Etymology

From cervo +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θɛɾˈβatʊ]

Noun

cervato m (plural cervatos, feminine cervata, feminine plural cervatas)

1. a young fawn

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cervato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From ciervo +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbato/ [θeɾˈβ̞a.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbato/ [seɾˈβ̞a.t̪o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: cer‧va‧to

Noun

cervato m (plural cervatos, feminine cervata, feminine plural cervatas)

1. a fawn younger than six months

Derived terms

• cervatillo

 

Further reading

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