diostedé
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dios + te + dé, literally ("May God give you"), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diostedé m (plural diostedés)
- (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) toucan
- Synonym: tucán
- (Argentina) great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus).
- Synonym: benteveo
Further reading
[edit]- “diostedé”, 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
- “diostedé” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010