vencejo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From older oncejo, from Old Spanish onceja, from Vulgar Latin *uncic(u)la, from Latin uncus, or from a Vulgar Latin *vinciculum, from vinculum.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /benˈθexo/ [bẽn̟ˈθe.xo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /benˈsexo/ [bẽnˈse.xo]
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: ven‧ce‧jo
Noun edit
vencejo m (plural vencejos)
- swift (bird)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vencejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014