lenguado

Spanish

Etymology

From lengua (“tongue”), because of the shape of the fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈɡwado/ [lẽŋˈɡwa.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: len‧gua‧do

Noun

lenguado m (plural lenguados)

1. sole (fish)

   Hypernym: pez plano

Derived terms

• lenguadina
• lenguado común

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: llenguado

Further reading

• “lenguado”, 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