Masculine
pájaro
- (masculine) bird, especially a perching bird
- (Cuba, Dominican-Republic, masculine, slang) homosexual
- (Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, colloquial, masculine) penis
- (Spain, colloquial, masculine) person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pá‧ja‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaxaɾo/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish páxaro, pássaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, alteration of Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Portuguese pássaro, Dalmatian paserain. A distant cognate of peña.
Related words
Vogel
uccello
oiseau
vogel
ocell
kuş
πουλί
aucèlSign in to write sticky notes
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "pájaro" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)