agujón

Spanish

Etymology

From aguja (“needle”) +‎ -ón (“augmentative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡuˈxon/ [a.ɣ̞uˈxõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧gu‧jón

Noun

agujón m (plural agujones)

1. needlefish (Belonidae)
2. redstem filaree (Erodium cicutarium)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: aguhon

Further reading

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