burdégano

Spanish

Etymology

Cognate to Portuguese bordegão, Catalan bordegàs. Of disputed origin. Probably from Late Latin burdus (“bastard”). Likely containing Latin burdō (“hinny”), but according to others bastardo, Catalan bordo, and the second element is with doubts Latin equus (“horse”), the end the typical unstressed suffix -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈdeɡano/ [buɾˈð̞e.ɣ̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -eɡano
• Syllabification: bur‧dé‧ga‧no

Noun

burdégano m (plural burdéganos)

1. hinny

   Coordinate term: mula

References

• Lüdtke, Helmut (1956), “La etimología de «burdégano»”, in Revista de Filología Española‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume 40, numbers 1.^o–4.^o, →DOI, pages 237–238

Further reading

• “burdégano”, 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