esmerejón

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish esmerejón, esmerijón, calque of Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril, from Medieval Latin smerillus, from Proto-West Germanic *smiril, from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmeɾeˈxon/ [ez.me.ɾeˈxõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: es‧me‧re‧jón

Noun

esmerejón m (plural esmerejones)

1. merlin (small falcon)

Further reading

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