golondrino

Old Spanish

Etymology

Masculine form of golondrina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾino/

Noun

golondrino m (plural golondrinos)

  1. The chick or young of a barn swallow.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 27r:
      […] p̃o non faz eſta uertud ſi non ſi eſtudieren amas las piedras en uno, o non fueren dun golondrino pollo.
      […] But it does not have this virtue if both stones are not placed in one, or if they are not from the chick of a swallow.

Descendants

  • Spanish: golondrino

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾino/ [ɡo.lõn̪ˈd̪ɾi.no]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: go‧lon‧dri‧no

Noun

golondrino m (plural golondrinos, feminine golondrina, feminine plural golondrinas)

  1. young swallow
  2. (military) deserter, AWOL
  3. traveller, vagabond
  4. (politics) An admirer or fan of Nayib Bukele.
  5. (politics) A person exhibiting characteristics of Bukelism.
    Coordinate terms: frentudo, arenero

Derived terms

Noun

golondrino m (plural golondrinos)

  1. boil under the armpit

Adjective

golondrino (feminine golondrina, masculine plural golondrinos, feminine plural golondrinas)

  1. (politics, El Salvador, often derogatory) Of or pertaining to the Bukelism.
  2. (Mexico) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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