chuparrosa
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + rosa (“rose”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /t͡ʃupaˈrosa/ [t͡ʃu.paˈro.sa]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: chu‧pa‧rro‧sa
Noun
[edit]chuparrosa f (plural chuparrosas)
- (Mexico) hummingbird
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:colibrí
Descendants
[edit]- → English: chuparosa
Further reading
[edit]- “chuparrosa”, 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