Masculine

tábano

Meaning

gadfly (insect)

Synonyms

abb

tabanid

mosca del caballo

botfly

nitfly

mosca de bot

tabarro

Translations

Hyphenated as
tá‧ba‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtabano/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin tabanus, with stress on the first syllable, unlike many of its Romance cognates. Compare however Catalan tave / tàvec versus the form tavà, with stress on the second syllable.

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