cimarrón
Meaning
- (Latin-America) feral (having returned to the wild)
- (Latin-America) rural; campestral
- (Latin-America) of a wild cultivar
- (Latin-America) unsweetened
Synonyms
Translations
Hyphenated as
ci‧ma‧rrón
Pronounced as (IPA)
/θimaˈron/
Etymology
Either a native Spanish formation from cima (“summit, peak”), referring to unruly slaves who escaped to seek refuge in the mountains, or a borrowing from Taíno símaran (“wild”) (like a stray arrow), from símara (“arrow”).
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