Masculine

madroño

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(masculine) strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
(masculine) fruit of the strawberry tree
(masculine) lemon drop mangosteen

Hyphenated as

ma‧dro‧ño

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈdɾoɲo/

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Cognate with Portuguese

Cognate with Armenian

In summary

Uncertain, perhaps from Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts ~ martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Catalan maduixa (“strawberry”). Similar sense development in Galician amorogo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”). Replaced now dialectal (a)borto, from Old Spanish alborco, from Latin arbutus. Compare Portuguese medronho and Aragonese medrollo. Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʻuz).