carroña

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *carōnia. First attested in 1601, and on that basis - considering as well as the lack of an outcome like *carrueña - probably borrowed from Italian carogna.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kaˈroɲa/ [kaˈro.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -oɲa
  • Syllabification: ca‧rro‧ña

Noun[edit]

carroña f (plural carroñas)

  1. carrion

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Adjective[edit]

carroña f

  1. feminine singular of carroño

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “carroña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 898

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