canónigo

Meaning

1. (masculine) canon (ecclesiastic who has a canonry)
2. (masculine) corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)

Hyphenated as

ca‧nó‧ni‧go

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈnoniɡo/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.

Sentences

Más tarde , fue elegido canónigo del cabildo catedralicio de la prelatura .

Later, he was elected canon of the cathedral chapter of the prelature.