corazón

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθon/, (Benasque:) /koɾaˈson/
• Syllabification: co‧ra‧zón
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

corazón m (plural corazons)

1. (anatomy) heart

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθon/ [ko.ɾaˈθõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧ra‧zón

Noun

corazón m (plural corazones)

1. (anatomy) heart

   Synonyms: corazu, coral, cuer

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧ra‧zón

Noun

corazón m (plural (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) corazós or (Valverdeñu) corazóns)

1. heart

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• coraçom, coração (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koɾaˈθoŋ/ [ko.ɾaˈθoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /koɾaˈθoŋ/ [ko.ɾaˈθoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /koɾaˈsoŋ/ [ko.ɾaˈsoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: co‧ra‧zón

Noun

corazón m (plural corazóns)

1. heart (organ of the body)
2. the seat of human love and kindness
3. the seat of human fortitude, valor, spirit
4. the center of an object; kernel

   Synonym: cerne

5. (card games) heart (a playing card of the suit hearts, corazóns)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coraçon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coraç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corazón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corazón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corazón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Diagrama del corazón humano

un corazón

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koɾaˈθon/ [ko.ɾaˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koɾaˈson/ [ko.ɾaˈsõn]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧ra‧zón

Noun

corazón m (plural corazones)

1. (anatomy) heart (organ of the body)
2. emotions, kindness, spirit

   Synonyms: alma, pecho

3. the center of an object
   1. core (of a fruit)
   2. artichoke heart
4. (card games) heart (a playing card of the suit hearts, corazones)

Derived terms

• a corazón abierto
• ala del corazón
• ataque al corazón
• atravesar el corazón
• con el corazón en la mano
• con la mano en el corazón
• corazoncito
• de corazón
• de todo corazón
• dedo corazón
• del corazón
• dilatar el corazón
• dolor de corazón
• el corazón en un puño
• el corazón no es traidor
• ensanchar el corazón
• escote corazón
• flor del corazón
• hacer de tripas corazón
• limpieza de corazón
• no tener corazón
• ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
• programa del corazón
• rompecorazones
• sacacorazones
• ser todo corazón
• tener el corazón bien puesto
• tener mucho corazón
• tener un corazón de bronce
• tener un corazón de oro

Related terms

• acordar
• coraje
• corazonada
• cordial
• cuerdo
• recordar

Descendants

• → Chavacano: corazon
• → Cebuano: korason, Corazon
• → Guaraní: korasõ
• → Hiligaynon: korason
• → Tagalog: Corazon

Further reading

• “corazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10