betún
See also: betun
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan betum, from Latin bitūmen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]betún m (plural betunes)
- bitumen
- Synonym: bitumen
- shoe polish
- pipe joint compound
- pine sap
- (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Chile) a mixture of egg white and sugar for pastries
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “betún”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 577
Further reading
[edit]- “betún”, 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
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
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- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/un
- Rhymes:Spanish/un/2 syllables
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- Spanish nouns
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- es:Gums and resins
- es:Sugars
- Mexican Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Chilean Spanish