durazno

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós

Proto-Italic *dūros

Latin dūrus

Latin acinus

Latin dūracinus

Spanish durazno

Inherited from Latin dūracinus. Compare French duracine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈɾaθno/ [d̪uˈɾaθ̬.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /duˈɾasno/ [d̪uˈɾaz.no] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθno (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asno (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: du‧raz‧no

Noun

durazno m (plural duraznos)

1. (Canary Islands, Latin America) peach

   Synonym: melocotón (Spain)

   • 1971, Pablo Neruda, “Jardín de invierno”, in La rosa separada:

     Yo supe que la rosa caería / y el hueso del durazno transitorio / volvería a dormir y a germinar

     I knew the rose would fall / and the bone of the transitory peach / would go back to sleep and germinate

2. (Latin America) peach tree

   Synonym: melocotonero

3. (informal) buttock or bottom

Derived terms

• duraznero m
• durazno pelado
• durazno peludo

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: torazno
• → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tolas
• → Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tulax
• → Jakaltek: tulasna
• → Quechua: turasnu
• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: durastun
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: turaasno
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: trösno

Further reading

• “durazno”, 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
• “durazno”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “durazno”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
• “durazno”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “durazno”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• “durazno”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010