violín

See also: violin and Violin

Asturian

Noun

violín m (plural violinos)

1. (music) violin (string instrument)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈlin/ [bjoˈlĩn]

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: vio‧lín

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian violino.

Noun

violín m (plural violines)

1. violin (string instrument)
2. fiddle

Related terms

• viola

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: biyolín
• → Waray-Waray: biyolin

Etymology 2

From violador. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

violín m (plural violines)

1. (slang, at least in Argentina) rapist
   • 2017 December 2, genevicente, Twitter‎^[1], retrieved 25 December 2023:

     Paren de justificarse violines de mierda, acá no les vamos a dar kbida, a los machitos escrache nos importa un culo su versión

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   • 2020 December 11, catafgl_, Twitter‎^[2], retrieved 25 December 2023:

     esa gente q se junta con un terrible violín asqueroso todo pq tiene plata y camioneta 🤡 después son feministas ?????

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   • 2023 December 24, matiasbassan23, Twitter‎^[3], retrieved 25 December 2023:

     kumpa hoy hace lo que te salga del cora gritale mileísta puto a tu tio que es medio violin ponete en pedo y cita a peron decile a tu abuela bullrichista que se jubilo gracias a la concha gigante de cristina hashtag ley de mediosya^[sic] clarin el gran daño argentino

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Further reading

• “violín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16