halcón

Meaning

1. (masculine) falcon (diurnal bird of prey in Falconidae and especially in Falco)
2. (Mexico, masculine, slang) spotter employed by drug dealers to keep watch on the street
3. (masculine) hawk, hardliner (firm, uncompromising advocate of aggressive political positions)

Concepts

hawk

falcon

buzzard

kestrel

sparrow hawk

sparrowhawk

war hawk

black kite

common kestrel

Eurasian sparrowhawk

duck hawk

snake hawk

bird

🐦

a kite

heron

kite

🪁

laughing falcon

peregrine falcon

Synonyms

gavilán

falconine

alcotán

gerifalte

milano

🪁

cernícalo común

ave de rapiña

falcón

taka

halcón del peregrine

ratonero común

alcón

aguilucho cordillerano

huamán

guaicurú

águila

🦅

halcón reidor

azor

cernícalo

Translations

faucon

Falke

falco

falcó

valk

falcão

falcone

γεράκι

doğan

havik

gökdoğan

Habicht

falco

Hyphenated as

hal‧cón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/alˈkon/

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin falcōnem, probably of Germanic origin. Doublet of falcón.