búho
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See also: buho
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish buho, bufo, from Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]búho m (plural búhos)
- owl, eagle owl (any species of owl from the Strigidae family)
- (colloquial) informant, a squealer
- Synonyms: informante, delator
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “búho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/uo
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- es:Owls