vencejo
Spanish
Etymology
From older oncejo, from Old Spanish onceja, from Vulgar Latin *uncic(u)la, from Latin uncus, or from a Vulgar Latin *vinciculum, from vinculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benˈθexo/ [bẽn̟ˈθe.xo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /benˈsexo/ [bẽnˈse.xo] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: ven‧ce‧jo
Noun
vencejo m (plural vencejos)
- swift (bird)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vencejo”, 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