pájaro
Meaning
- (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
Concepts
bird
sparrow
dove
fowl
clever fellow
fellow
chap
ghost
spirit
creature
wild animal
crow
small person
swallow
turtledove
razorbill
barbet
fearfully
wild bird
dodger
fox
slyboots
pigeon
cock
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pá‧ja‧ro
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaxaɾo/
Etymology
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. A distant doublet of peña.
'%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)
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "pájaro" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
Go to our Spanish course page
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
