avispón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂der.

Latin vespa

Old Spanish biespa

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Spanish abejainflu.

Spanish avispa

Spanish -ón

Spanish avispón

From avispa + -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abisˈpon/ [a.β̞isˈpõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧vis‧pón

Noun

avispón m (plural avispones)

1. hornet

Derived terms

• avispón gigante asiático

Further reading

• “avispón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025