durazno

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dūracinus. Compare French duracine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /duˈɾaθno/ [d̪uˈɾaθ̬.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /duˈɾasno/ [d̪uˈɾaz.no]

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• Rhymes: -aθno
• Rhymes: -asno
• Syllabification: du‧raz‧no

Noun

durazno m (plural duraznos)

1. (Latin America) peach

   Synonym: melocotón (Spain)

   • 1971, Pablo Neruda, “Jardín de invierno”, in La rosa separada:

     Yo supe que la rosa caería / y el hueso del durazno transitorio / volvería a dormir y a germinar

     I knew the rose would fall / and the bone of the transitory peach / would go back to sleep and germinate

2. (Latin America) peach tree

   Synonym: melocotonero

Derived terms

• duraznero m
• durazno pelado
• durazno peludo

 

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: torazno
• → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tolas
• → Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tulax
• → Jakaltek: tulasna
• → Quechua: turasnu
• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: durastun
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: turaasno
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: trösno

Further reading

• “durazno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28