pechirrojo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish pecho

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰ-tós

Proto-Italic *russos

Latin russusder.

Latin russeus

Old Spanish roxo

Spanish rojo

Spanish pechirrojo

From pecho (“breast”) + rojo (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pet͡ʃiˈroxo/ [pe.t͡ʃiˈro.xo]
• Rhymes: -oxo
• Syllabification: pe‧chi‧rro‧jo

Adjective

pechirrojo (feminine pechirroja, masculine plural pechirrojos, feminine plural pechirrojas)

1. red-breasted (said of many species of bird)

Derived terms

• loica pechirroja
• mochuelo pechirrojo

See also

• petirrojo

Further reading

• “pechirrojo”, 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