atún

1. (masculine) tuna (fish)
2. (colloquial, masculine) ignorant, stupid person

Hyphenated as

a‧tún

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈtun/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: atum

In summary

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “to rush, dart along”). Compare Portuguese atum. See also the related Spanish tonina.

Concepts

tuna

tunny

tuna fish

albacore

tunny fish

Synonyms

atún azul

abacora

albacora blanca

albacora de laje

albacore

aleta amarilla

atunero

atún aleta negra

atún blanco

atún cachorra

atún de aleta amarilla

atún de aleta azul

atún de aleta larga

atún de ojo grande

bonito

atún del sur

atún legitimo

atún palomida

atún patudo

atún pequeño

bacoreta

bacoreta del atlantico

barrilete negro

bonito del atlántico

carachana

palomida

patudo

rabil

atún del norte

barrilete

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Translations

thon

Thunfisch

tonno

atum

tonijn

tuńczyk

tonyina

ton balığı

thunnus

τόνος

orkinos

thynnus

tuna

orkinoz

golfàs