chuparrosa

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) +‎ rosa (“rose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃupaˈrosa/ [t͡ʃu.paˈro.sa]

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• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: chu‧pa‧rro‧sa

Noun

chuparrosa f (plural chuparrosas)

1. (Mexico) hummingbird

   Synonyms: avíape, besaflor, colibrí, (South America) picaflor, (Ecuador, Peru) quinde, (Panama) visitaflor

Descendants

• → English: chuparosa

Further reading

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