Masculine
gavilán
Meaning
- (masculine) sparrow hawk
- (masculine) nib of a pen
- (Latin-America, masculine) ingrown toenail
- (archaic, masculine) extrusion on the hilt of an early modern sword, usually plural
Concepts
sparrow-hawk
northern sparrowhawk
Eurasian sparrow hawk
eurasian sparrowhawk
Synonyms
Translations
Sperber
sperwer
sparviero
esparver
esparvièr
épervier
accipiter
gavião
ξεφτέριFrequency
Hyphenated as
ga‧vi‧lán
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡabiˈlan/
Etymology
In summary
Probably from a derivative of Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”); compare Portuguese gavião and Old High German gabila, gabala.
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