podenco

Spanish

Etymology

Compare Portuguese and Galician podengo. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈdenko/ [poˈð̞ẽŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -enko
• Syllabification: po‧den‧co

Noun

podenco m (plural podencos)

1. warren hound (any of a variety of dog breeds historically used for rabbit hunting)

Derived terms

• podenco andaluz
• podenco canario
• podenco ibicenco
• podenco portugués
• podenco valenciano

 

Further reading

• “podenco”, 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