gallinazo

See also: Gallinazo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gallīnāceus. Compare the borrowed doublet gallináceo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaʎiˈnaθo/ [ɡa.ʎiˈna.θo] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʝiˈna.so] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaʎiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʎiˈna.so] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʃiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʃiˈna.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʃiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʃiˈna.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaʒiˈnaso/ [ɡa.ʒiˈna.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na‧zo

Noun

gallinazo m (plural gallinazos)

1. vulture

   Synonym: buitre

2. turkey vulture

   Synonyms: jote, zopilote

Related terms

• gallina
• gallo

Further reading

• “gallinazo”, 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