tábano

See also: tabano

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tabanus, with stress on the first syllable, unlike many of its Romance cognates. Compare however Catalan tave / tàvec versus the form tavà, with stress on the second syllable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtabano/ [ˈt̪a.β̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -abano
• Syllabification: tá‧ba‧no

Noun

tábano m (plural tábanos)

1. gadfly (insect)

Further reading

• “tábano”, 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