pitón

See also: piton, Piton, píton, and pîton

Galician

Alternative forms

• pitom, pitão (Reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtoŋ/ [piˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: pi‧tón

Noun

pitón m (plural pitóns)

1. python

Further reading

• “pitón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈton/ [piˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pi‧tón

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of a mythological serpent slain by Apollo, from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), an old name for Delphi, probably from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).

Noun

pitón f or (uncommonly) m (plural pitones)

1. python (snake)

Etymology 2

Noun

pitón m (plural pitones)

1. small horn
2. (colloquial, usually in the plural) small tit, breast

Derived terms

• empitonar

 

Related terms

• pito

 

Further reading

• “pitón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• pinto