petirrojo

Spanish

petirrojo

Etymology

From peto (“bib, breastplate”) +‎ rojo (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /petiˈroxo/ [pe.t̪iˈro.xo]

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• Rhymes: -oxo
• Syllabification: pe‧ti‧rro‧jo

Noun

petirrojo m (plural petirrojos)

1. robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Further reading

• “petirrojo”, 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