dragón

See also: dragon, Dragon, and drag on

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dracō, dracōnem.

Noun

dragón m (plural dragones)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾaˈɣoŋ/

Noun

dragón m (plural dragóns)

1. dragon (mythical creature)
   • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26:

     Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.

     Jason meant to put the dragon to sleep with words and herbs

Synonyms

• serpe

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dragon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:TILG

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dragon, from Latin dracōnem, singular accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”). See also drago, from the nominative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾaˈɡon/ [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞õn]

Noun

dragón m (plural dragones, feminine dragona, feminine plural dragonas)

1. dragon (legendary serpentine creature)
2. dragoon (horse soldier)
3. (heraldry) dragon

Derived terms

• boca de dragón
• dragón de Komodo

 

Related terms

• drago

Descendants

• → Tagalog: dragon
• → Waray-Waray: dragon

Anagrams

• drogan

External links

• Template:R:DRAE 2001