cerbatana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾbaˈtana/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪a.na] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seɾbaˈtana/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪a.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: cer‧ba‧ta‧na

Noun

cerbatana f (plural cerbatanas)

1. blowgun; blowpipe
2. peashooter
3. nodeweed (Synedrella nodiflora)

Derived terms

• cerbatanero

Further reading

• “cerbatana”, 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