atún
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See also: atun
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atún m (plural atúns)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “to rush, dart along”). Compare Portuguese atum. See also the related Spanish tonina.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atún m (plural atunes)
- tuna (fish)
- (colloquial) ignorant, stupid person
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “atún”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/uŋ
- Rhymes:Galician/uŋ/2 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Fish
- Spanish terms borrowed from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/un
- Rhymes:Spanish/un/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish colloquialisms
- es:Fish