dinosaurio

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

dinosaurio

1. dinosaur.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English dinosaur, French dinosaure, German Dinosaurier, Italian dinosauro, Russian динозавр (dinozavr), Spanish dinosaurio, with the latter part based on saurio (“saurian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.no.ˈsaw.rio/

Noun

dinosaurio (plural dinosaurii)

1. (zoology) dinosaur

Synonyms

• dinosauro (neologism)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dīnosaurus, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dinoˈsauɾjo/ [d̪i.noˈsau̯.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -auɾjo
• Syllabification: di‧no‧sau‧rio

Noun

dinosaurio m (plural dinosaurios)

1. (zoology) dinosaur

   Synonym: (rare) dinosauro

Further reading

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