yigüirro

Spanish

FWOTD – 27 July 2020

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝiˈɡwiro/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈɣ̞wi.ro]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝiˈɡwiro/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈɣ̞wi.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃiˈɡwiro/ [ʃiˈɣ̞wi.ro]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒiˈɡwiro/ [ʒiˈɣ̞wi.ro]

• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: yi‧güi‧rro

Noun

yigüirro m (plural yigüirros)

1. (Costa Rica) the clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi)

   Synonyms: zorzal pardo, mirlo pardo, mirlo huertero, cenzontle de agua

   • 2017 August 20, Fernando Chaves Espinach, “Ana Broennimann:25 años en el jardín del arte”, in La Nacion‎^[1]:

     Se refiere al jardín, poblado de crotos, que rodea su casa; al yigüirro que interrumpe nuestra conversación, canturreando desde su nido en una lámpara; al viento que sacude el verdor del patio.

     She is referring to the garden, thick with castor oil plants, that surrounds her house; to the clay-colored thrush that interrupts our conversation, crooning from its nest in a lamp; to the wind that shakes the yard's greenery.

Further reading

• Turdus grayi on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es