tucán

See also: tucan and túcán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guarani tukã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkan/ [t̪uˈkãn]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tu‧cán

Noun

tucán m (plural tucanes)

1. toucan
2. (Costa Rica, dated) a 5000 colón bill

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: тукан m (tukan)
• → Catalan: tucà m
• → Dutch: toekan m
• → German: Tukan m

Further reading

• “tucán”, 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