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]
(Castilian)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: es‧me‧re‧jón

Noun

esmerejón m (plural esmerejones)

merlin (small falcon)

Further reading

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

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