cazón

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Galician

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Cazón

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese caçon, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cattiō from cattus (cat), given that many of these sharks are named catfish or dogfish in a number of languages. Compare Portuguese cação, Catalan cassó, Sicilian cazzuni.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /kaˈθoŋ/ [kɑˈθoŋ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /kaˈsoŋ/ [kɑˈsoŋ]

  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧zón

Noun

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cazón m (plural cazóns)

  1. school shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
    Synonyms: can do mar, tollo

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cazón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

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Etymology

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From cazar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈθon/ [kaˈθõn]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaˈson/ [kaˈsõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ca‧zón
  • Homophone: cazo

Noun

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cazón m (plural cazones)

  1. dogfish, tope

Further reading

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