diostedé
Spanish
Etymology
From Dios + te + dé, literally ("May God give you"), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /djosteˈde/ [d̪jos.t̪eˈð̞e]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: dios‧te‧dé
Noun
diostedé m (plural diostedés)
- (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) toucan
- Synonym: tucán
- (Argentina) great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus).
- Synonym: benteveo
Further reading
- “diostedé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “diostedé”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010