charrán

See also: charran

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈran/ [t͡ʃaˈrãn]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: cha‧rrán

Noun

charrán m (plural charranes)

1. tern (bird of family Sternidae)

Derived terms

• charrán aleutiano
• charrán ártico
• charrán bengalés
• charrán blanco
• charrán chico
• charrán común
• charrán coroniblanco
• charrán elegante
• charrán de Forster
• charrán inca (Larosterna inca)
• charrán lunado
• charrán mínimo
• charrán patinegro
• charrán piquigualdo
• charrán real
• charrán rosado
• charrán sombrío

Further reading

• “charrán”, 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