cóndor
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Quechua kuntur, with /t/ > /d/ characteristic of its “coastal” variety.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkondoɾ/ [ˈkõn̪.d̪oɾ]
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Peru): (file) - Rhymes: -ondoɾ
- Syllabification: cón‧dor
Noun
cóndor m (plural cóndores)
Derived terms
- cóndor andino
- cóndor de la selva
- cóndor de los Andes
- condorear
- condorito
- condoro
- El Cóndor
Descendants
- → Catalan: còndor
- → English: condor
- → French: condor
- → German: Kondor
- → Italian: condor
- → Portuguese: condor
Further reading
- “cóndor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024