anzuelo

Spanish

anzuelo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *hamiceolus, diminutive of hamus, whence Spanish hamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /anˈθwelo/ [ãn̟ˈθwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /anˈswelo/ [ãnˈswe.lo]

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: an‧zue‧lo

Noun

anzuelo m (plural anzuelos)

1. hook, fishhook

Further reading

• anzuelo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “anzuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10