chupaflor
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + flor (“flower”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃupaˈfloɾ/ [ˌt͡ʃu.paˈfloɾ]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: chu‧pa‧flor
Noun edit
chupaflor m (plural chupaflores)
- (Colombia, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) hummingbird
- Synonym: colibrí
Further reading edit
- “chupaflor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014