gallinazo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gallīnāceus. Compare the borrowed doublet gallináceo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaʝiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ɡaʝiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ɡaʎiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʎiˈna.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ɡaʎiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʎiˈna.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʃiˈna.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʒiˈna.so]

Noun

gallinazo m (plural gallinazos)

1. vulture

   Synonyms: jote, zopilote, buitre

2. turkey vulture

Related terms

• gallina
• gallo

See also

• buitre

Further reading

• “gallinazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28